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WALKER, LA – There’s a large reptile on the loose in Livingston Parish. Michael Lauraine says his Nile monitor lizard was last seen near Alysha Drive and Joe May Road in Walker on Saturday. Lauraine posted on his Facebook page and a missing pets Facebook page Monday about the lizard, asking people to help find him.

“The more time that passes by, the bigger he will get and the more dangerous he will become,” he said. The two and a half foot-long Nile monitor is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and classified as an invasive species. Lauraine says the lizard will attack and urges whoever finds the lizard to not touch him.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) – Manhattan authorities say an alligator has been spotted along Wildcat Creek. The Riley County Police Department says a new alligator was spotted in the Linear Trail area and that the gator is not a threat to humans but caution should be used and residents should stay on the trail. Animal Control Officers say they were notified and able to locate a small alligator measuring 3 – 3.5 ft. swimming in the creek. One alligator was found dead in Wildcat Creek in mid-June when it fell in the water after being caught in a live trap.

Police and animal control have been searching for a monkey on the loose since Monday. They even used ATV’s and drones to try and find it, but no luck so far. Local veterinarians believe it may have been a pet that got out. But having a monkey as a pet in Massachusetts is illegal. And right now, the animal is roaming around in people’s backyards.

April 8th — A North Carolina animal sanctuary is appealing to the public for help locating a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the facility. The Predator or Prey Wildlife Sanctuary in Richlands said the exotic bird, named Quill, escaped from the sanctuary Thursday and has since been spotted in the Bannermans Mill and Catherine Lake area.

“Even though Quill was raised in captivity he is still a wild animal and because he can’t hunt for himself he is hungry,” McNerny said. “However, he is not a threat to people or pets and will most likely avoid cats, dogs, and chickens.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked the permit of a long-troubled Southern Indiana wildlife facility whose owner has been accused of beating his animals to death and threatening officials.

The complaint covered instances from January 2012 through January 2016 and was initiated by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in July 2016. It alleged “well over 120 violations” of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

Some of the substantiated claims against Stark include abusing and threatening government officials, maintaining shoddy and falsified documents, and inadequately caring for animals that were sick and dying. In one confirmed allegation, Stark beat a leopard cub to death with a baseball bat.

SHAWANO, WI — Diane Wilke was hired by Rita Mondus and her husband to paint a mural in their Shawano, Wisconsin home. While there, Wilke exclaimed, “It bit me!” on cell phone video that she shared with the I-Team. “Who bit you?” asks Rita Mondus, the lemur’s owner, on the video. “The lemur,” said Wilke in the video. Wilke thought she was taking a cute animal video of a lemur. Instead, she suffered permanent nerve damage and now lives with post traumatic stress disorder.

In another instance, knowing what happened to Wilke, the Mondus’ neighbor Peggy Otto called and spoke with John Mondus when she wanted to bring vegetables from her garden to their home. She tells the I-Team John Mondus told her she could safely leave the food on the porch. “So I went over there, got out of my car, walked to the porch, I turn around and this lemur came running at me,” she said. Otto said Ringo bit her hand, requiring stitches at the hospital.

More than 40 animals, mostly exotic pets, were removed from a Houston, Texas apartment complex.
On Wednesday, deputies removed the animals from an apartment complex located in Chimney Rock after the tenants left the pets behind.

Deputies say a corn snake, a Tokay gecko, two chinchillas, three hedgehogs and 26 fish were rescued. Nine of the pets, including a chameleon, a ferret and five sugar gliders, were found dead.