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A “pet” serval, Paka, was found walking along the side of a freeway. The cat, who was declawed, was placed with the PAWS Sanctuary in Galt, CA.

A 500-lb male Siberian tiger at Savage Kingdom broke into an adjoining cage and fatally mauled a workman who was there to make repairs. The tiger was shot by the park’s operator.

A “pet” Burmese python, named Pete, escaped through a window and appeared more than a mile away on a house porch.

A “pet” monkey bit three children and was placed under quarantine to be tested for diseases. The monkey tested negative for hepatitis B and was relocated to a wildlife sanctuary.

A 3-ft-long alligator was found in a creek frightening nearby neighbors. Since alligators are not native to Maryland and it is illegal to own them in the state, it was suspected that the animal was released or escaped from its “owner.”

A 2-year-old white Siberian tiger named Como knocked a pin out of his gate and attacked a 7-year-old girl at B.E.A.R.C.A.T. Hollow animal park. The facility’s owner got the cat to let go of the girl. The girl suffered a half-inch bite and torn skin on her back. Como was euthanized to test for rabies; he tested negative.

A tiger at B.E.A.R.C.A.T. Hollow pushed his way out of his pen and grabbed a 7-year-old girl, inflicting two puncture wounds. The park was closed to the public but the girl and her mother were allowed in to take fundraising pictures.

A “pet” wallaby escaped from his possessor’s lawn by digging his way under a fence. Wallabies are not allowed to be kept in Denver.

A “pet” iguana escaped through a dryer vent and roamed through the neighborhood.

A 3-ft-long alligator was discovered in a retention pond across the street from a water park. The police suspected that the alligator was an exotic “pet” of a private “owner” that escaped or was abandoned.