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A Komodo dragon named Jude, who was on loan to the Virginia Aquarium from the San Antonio Zoo, was put down following an emergency surgery. Jude had become lethargic and had to have her reproductive tract removed but never recovered.

Firefighters responding to a fire rescued a boa constrictor they found in the bathroom of the house. It appeared to have escaped its enclosure, and it survived the fire.

An alligator was seen on the beach next to a lake. The next day, officers captured the 30-inch gator with a fishing net. It’s likely the reptile was a pet that either got loose or was set free.

A loose pet lemur bit a 2-year-old girl in downtown Nederland. The toddler wasn’t seriously injured, and officials captured the lemur, which was then sent to a primate sanctuary in Florida. Lemurs are illegal to own as pets in Colorado.

A female spider monkey was euthanized after a veterinary exam revealed difficulty breathing.

An 11-week-old lynx cub escaped his enclosure through a broken fence and climbed a tree. It took firefighters half an hour to return him to his enclosure.

21-year-old Victoria Valledor was bitten by a lemur outside her home. When the police arrived, the lemur chased them as well. Officials were able to capture the primate, who was likely a pet.

81-year-old Hans Boxler Sr., the owner of exotic animal park Hidden Valley Animal Adventure, was trampled to death by a nilgai antelope that got out of its pen.

A pet wallaby named Blu escaped from a home through a hole that was dug under a fence by a dog.

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s 8-year-old California sea lion, Catalina, died Saturday after contracting Valley fever, a fungal ailment that is uncommon in marine mammals.