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TexasTowelie

(117,577 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2023, 04:00 AM Feb 2023

Two missing Dallas Zoo monkeys found inside an abandoned home after a tip - NBC News

Texas police say two rare monkeys missing from the Dallas Zoo have been found inside an abandoned home following a tip. NBC's Morgan Chesky has more on the latest incident which is the fourth mysterious occurrence at the zoo just this month.

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Two missing Dallas Zoo monkeys found inside an abandoned home after a tip - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2023 OP

Who would do this, only to abandon them??! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #1

Probably couldn't... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #2

They should have thought of that, they aren't pets - poor things. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #3

they're perfectly capable of asserting themselves when threatened. cab67 Feb 2023 #4

Suspect in disappearance of Dallas Zoo tamarin monkeys is arrested at an aquarium Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #5

Rhiannon12866

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1. Who would do this, only to abandon them??!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 04:40 AM

Feb 2023

Poor little guys must have been so scared but it's a huge relief that they were found so soon.

2naSalit

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2. Probably couldn't...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 05:44 AM

Feb 2023

Handle them. I would imagine they could get pretty vicious if threatened.

Rhiannon12866

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3. They should have thought of that, they aren't pets - poor things.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 05:54 AM

Feb 2023

cab67

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4. they're perfectly capable of asserting themselves when threatened.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 11:56 AM

Feb 2023

Primates in general make terrible pets.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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5. Suspect in disappearance of Dallas Zoo tamarin monkeys is arrested at an aquarium

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2023, 02:46 PM

Feb 2023

Police arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo, authorities said Friday.

Pictures of a man, believed to be of suspect Davion Irvin, had been circulated throughout North Texas and an employee at The Dallas World Aquarium recognized him on Thursday at the marine facility, aquarium spokesperson Waylon Tate said in a statement.

The suspect stopped an employee "to ask questions regarding one of our animals" and that worker "immediately recognized Mr. Irvin from prior reporting on the incident involving the suspected theft of two emperor tamarin monkeys," according to Tate.

After authorities were called, approaching officers spotted Irvin boarding a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) train before he was taken into custody near the 1400 block of Pacific Avenue, Dallas police spokesperson Kristin Lowman said in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/suspect-in-disappearance-of-dallas-zoo-tamarin-monkeys-is-arrested-at-an-aquarium/ar-AA174C8h

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