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According to a citation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, zookeepers failed to provide veterinary care to a tiger (Grumpy or SherKhan) who was observed to have bilateral, whitish streaks on at least one cornea and a laceration with dried blood on his left front paw.

According to a citation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, zookeepers failed to provide veterinary care to a wallaby (Winston) with an injured left front paw that was the result of a dog bite nearly a month prior.

A small alligator was found under an escaltor at Chicago’s O’Hare international Airport. It is belived that the reptile was abandoned there by a person who could not take the animal on the plane. A video of the alligator being held by a man with tattoos was later discovered.

Four capuchin monkeys escaped their enclosure from a residence and later attacked a citizen. The person bitten was taken to the hospital for treatment. Three of the monkeys were caught and one was shot dead.

Police received a call about a loose animal that turned out to be a coatimundi. Officials are still trying to find where the coatimundi came from. It is believed to be a former pet. The animal was taken to the Memphis Animal Shelter.

FL wildlife officials broke up a black-market monkey sales ring. Officials say the operation had been running for seven years. The business allegedly wsa selling monkeys without a license and selling to people without proper training and knowledge to care for them. The monkeys were seized.

A woman from MO met with a man in a CO parking lot intending to illegally sell a pet black cap Capuchin monkey to a man. The man pepper sprayed her and took off with the monkey, which is illegal to own in the state of CO.

A female lion was killed by a male lion when a fight broke out between the two lions.

A resident found a 4-foot ball python in his garage. It is unclear where the snake came from and no one had reported the snake missing.

Thieves stole six snakes worth $8,000 inside their hoodies.