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Dartmouth police captured a 6-foot-long boa constrictor along a street. A reptile expert said it was grossly underweight, starving, and possibly suffering from a respiratory issue. It was turned over to New England Reptile and Raptor Exhibits, and is believed to be an escaped pet.

A foot-long bearded dragon in a transport container was found on the side of the road. The people who found it are trying to locate its owner.

A man sitting on a screened porch was bitten by a 4-foot-long ball python, a nonvenomous snake. The man’s friend killed the snake. Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are checking their list of known ball python owners to see if any of their snakes recently escaped.

A man found a 3-foot-long ball python in his shower. A neighbor named Lorelei Coburn confirmed that her snake, named Elsa, had escaped its tank a month earlier. The snake was returned to her.

Joy, a 16-year-old addax, died from what zoo staff believe were internal abnormalities. She had been sedated Aug. 9 for a veterinary procedure and never fully recovered from the anesthesia.

A passenger was found smuggling a monkey in his shirt on a Frontier Airlines flight from Columbus, Ohio to Las Vegas. Law enforcement met the plane when it landed. The man claimed that he uses the monkey as an emotional support animal.

Missy, a 25-year-old chimpanzee matriarch, died unexpectedly.

Gladys, a baby alpaca owned as a pet, was found dead after suffering gunshot wounds of unknown origin.

A yellow diamond python was stolen from Natural Pet pet shop, and the store’s owner says the snake won’t survive without special care.

An African spurred tortoise was found at the Yukon City Park, and police reunited it with its owner.