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UPDATE
3:39 PM PT — A rep for the Zoo tells us, “We are able to share with you that our on-grounds cameras have been vital as they captured suspicious actions, and we have been capable of share that with DPD. We additionally wish to thank the group on the Dallas World Aquarium who acknowledged a person from the photograph circulated by DPD and reported it. We do suppose it’s vital for everybody to know that we’re shifting ahead with our plans to make important modifications and upgrades to safety on the Zoo.”
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They proceed, “Including extra cameras, extra safety know-how, and extra fencing, whereas additionally virtually tripling the safety patrols, and growing in a single day staffing are among the many modifications we have now made and are persevering with to broaden. The Zoo is evaluating our inside insurance policies and figuring out extra companions with whom we’ll work to additional strengthen safety measures to guard the Zoo, our animals, our workers, our company, and our group.”
Cops say they nabbed the man who stole these monkeys from the Dallas Zoo … they nabbed him at an aquarium.
Dallas PD says 24-year-old Davion Irvin has been charged with 6 counts of animal cruelty. They are saying he is the identical man who was caught on surveillance video with a bag of Doritos, strolling by the zoo the place the emperor tamarin monkeys have been taken.
The two monkeys have been discovered within the closet of an deserted house.
Cops apparently bought a tip Thursday … a person matching the outline of the man on the surveillance vid was hanging across the Dallas World Aquarium.
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Dallas Police Division
As for the 6 counts of animal cruelty, cops inform us he is been hit with 3 counts per monkey for unsuitable habitat, abandonment and damage to animal.
A vulture on the zoo was mysteriously killed — nevertheless it seems cops do not consider Irvin had any involvement in that incident.
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