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Police responded to a report of a 4-foot ball python outside a home. He was a pet who had escaped, and was returned to his owner.

Pfeiffer, a 23-year-old blue-eyed black lemur, died after being diagnosed with kidney disease in July.

Tundra, a 29-year-old polar bear who previously was on display at the Indianapolis Zoo, has died less than four months after she was moved to the Detroit Zoo. She fell ill suddenly, and the zoo made the decision to euthanize her.

A 12-year-old Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog named Toughie died at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. He was the last known member of his species.

Brian Bunting and David Swick were arrested on charges of unlawfully possessing or capturing an alligator. Bunting posted a video on Facebook on April 3 of the two men capturing an alligator by hand. He said the gator was later released.

A 6 1/2 foot long red tail boa constrictor named Sheila escaped from her cage. Some neighbors threatened to kill the snake if they found her. Sheila was found December 6 near her owner’s house.

A boa constrictor escaped from a home and was on the loose for weeks. He was nearly hit by a car, and then recaptured by neighbors and police and returned to his owner.

An escaped venomous false water cobra was found by children on a residential driveway. Nearby men helped police capture the snake in a trash can, and he was then reunited with his owner.

A woman found a 3-foot python coiled around her shower curtain rail. Chicago Animal Care and Control officers removed the snake and brought it to the Chicago Herpetological Society. It was the fourth snake recently found in that apartment. A recent, former building tenant moved out after they were found to be breeding snakes, and more than a dozen dead snakes had been removed from his apartment.

A 6-foot-long boa constrictor was seen along a road and captured by police. The sheriff’s office believe the snake is an escaped pet. The snake was adopted by a UND football player.