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An African cat managed to sneak out of an exotic animal exhibit earlier this week and was caught in a viral video roaming a nearby stretch of highway after a potbelly pig aided in his escape. According to a report by WRAL, an African serval escaped from its petting zoo enclosure in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, on Tuesday. Bobbie Joe Abrams, the owner of the It’s a Zoo Life petting zoo, later got wind from a friend that a spotted cat was on the loose, and it may belong to her exhibit of wild animals.

Cedar Grove, N.C. – Several wolf-dog hybrids are at large in Orange County after escaping from their enclosure, according to Orange County Animal Services (OCAS). The animals, which are presumed to be wolf and German shepherd hybrids, recently escaped from their enclosure in Orange County. It is estimated that approximately four dogs are still at large. Officials say some of the dogs have already been safely captured and are currently being housed at the OCAS facility.

Orange County Animal Control officers have set traps in the Cedar Grove area of Orange County where the dogs originally escaped their enclosure. OCAS is asking the public to not feed the dogs or interfere with these trapping efforts, stating, “if the public does feed or interfere, it will severely hinder efforts to safely capture the dogs.”

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Raleigh’s venomous snake saga is over. The missing spitting zebra cobra had a northwest Raleigh neighborhood stepping lightly with their heads on a swivel was safely captured Wednesday night, but authorities have yet to reveal what, if any charges are pending in the case. The snake was found in the same neighborhood from which it escaped. Law enforcement and animal control officers cornered the snake Wednesday and eventually captured it in a red bucket. Raleigh Police focused their investigation at that home and in the adjacent Brittany Woods neighborhood Tuesday, the day after someone called 911 reporting they had seen the venomous snake outside a home on Sandringham Drive.

Gebbe, a pigtailed macaque, might not be returned to its owner after escaping from its Reno home and injuring four people last month, according to Washoe County Regional Animal Services documents obtained by the Reno Gazette Journal. This was the monkey’s second escape. In 2015, animal services responded to a call of a monkey in the neighborhood. Photos taken at the time show Gebbe sitting on the roof of a house. Brenda O’Mealia, the victims’ attorney, said Gebbe also bit two other children in the neighborhood apart from the four mentioned above.

DAVIE, Fla. (WPLG) – A man says he had to undergo multiple surgeries after he was mauled by a black leopard. It happened after he paid $150 to have “a full-contact experience” with the wild animal. Detectives with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) say the savage attack happened in an enclosure at a South Florida home owned by Michael Poggi. Investigators say Dwight Turner paid Poggi to play with the big cat, rub its belly and take pictures.

A baby kangaroo reported missing Tuesday morning in Monroe has been found and is on its way to an animal care facility in Fall City for treatment, police said. The baby red kangaroo, which is not yet weaned and still needs milk, was purchased as a pet from the Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington on Monday and had apparently been sleeping in a van outside a house before it escaped police said.

“The kangaroo woke up and started hopping around the van, and one of the guys at the house opened the van to let it out. It took off and they were unable to catch it,” Willis said Tuesday morning.

A New Hampshire family is searching for its missing cat — a 40-pound, 4-year-old African serval. Police in Merrimack are asking people to look out for Spartacus, who went missing in the Peaslee Road area. Dean King, Spartacus’ owner, says he’s devastated his pet cat, which he exhibits occasionally, is missing.