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El Paso Zoo announced that Wzui, a 6-year old male tiger, was killed by his partner, a female tigress named Sheri. It is suspected that Sheri was jealous of the attention Wzui was giving to another tigress, 15-year old Meli.

Nea, a 4-year old dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo, died unexpectedly after presumably accidentally colliding with another dolphin.

An animal control officer seized 2 large boa contrictors from a Longview apartment saying the snakes posed a danger to a 5-year old boy who lived there.

The Cowlitz County Humane Society seized a 7-foot albino red-tailed boa constrictor and a 6-foot red-tailed boa. One of the snakes escaped and struck at the officer.

A man was arrested for biting and severely injuring a python. The python, a female, underwent surgery for wounds that were deep enough to expose the creature’s liver. Afterwards, the snake was turned over to the city’s Animal Care Services, where it was reported to be recovering, though it lost several ribs. The man said he had no memory of the incident.

A red tail Boa Constrictor was rescued from a truck’s engine. The snake was malnourished and had sustained injuries. It is believed that the snake is a former pet that someone released.

A 10-foot python was discovered when the water from the tub it was in overfilled and started leaking onto the apartment below. It is illegal to own a python as a pet in New York.

A 22-year old man was caught on camera trying to smuggle 5 snakes from a store in Mesa, AZ by stuffing the snakes down his pants.

A man was caught trying to smuggle 7 snakes and 3 turtles in his pants at Miami airport. The man was arrested and faces a maximum of five-years in jail.

A man called 911 for help corralling his 10-foot red tail boa constrictor indicating that the snake was “cranky” and had struck at his wife twice. A Humane Society officer secured the snake.