A clouded leopard is missing from the Dallas Zoo after police say someone intentionally created a tear in its enclosure. Police have now launched a criminal investigation
Police say the breach appears to be intentional and have launched a criminal investigation.
"We do know the fence that it escaped from was intentionally cut," said Dallas Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell." It was clear this habitat failure wasn’t' an exhibit failure, and it wasn't keeper failure." "We are fully cooperating with DPD and their active investigation of this," said Dallas Zoo CEO Greg Hudson.Edell said clouded leopards are not like other leopards, and Nova is not a threat to humans.
"The cat that we’re looking for is about between 20 and 25 pounds. She does not pose a danger to humans," he said. "And more likely than not, when she’s scared, she’s going to climb a tree, stay out of our way, hunt some squirrels and birds and hope not to be noticed.""At this point, we’ve spent much of the morning searching zoo grounds and we continue to hunt for her.
"We may have a new cat in our neighborhood, for all we know," said resident Tom Loeffel. "This creek goes right over to the zoo. It's going to be good luck finding her because this is such dense vegetation.""We are staying in the house, being aware and checking Ring cameras," he said.
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