Arrest made after Dallas Zoo events, including the theft of two tamarin monkeys:
Davion Irvin said he loves animals and that if he’s released from jail, he would steal more, the documents said.
Irvin, who remained jailed Tuesday on $25,000 bond, was arrested last week after asking questions at a downtown Dallas aquarium about animals there. He is charged with six counts of animal cruelty and two counts of burglary.
Zoo staff say the monkeys have lost weight but are unharmed.
Irvin told police that on the night of Jan. 29, he waited until dark, jumped a fence to get onto zoo grounds, cut the metal mesh of an enclosure and took the two emperor tamarin monkeys, according to arrest warrant affidavits . He then got on the city’s light rail before walking to the vacant home where he said he kept his animals.
Irvin has been charged in two of the odd events over a span of several weeks at the zoo and is linked to another, police said. In the taking of the monkeys, Irvin faces one count of burglary and six counts of animal cruelty — three for each monkey. He also faces a burglary charge in relation to the escape of a clouded leopard named Nova, who was discovered missing Jan. 13. A cut was found in her enclosure, and the zoo closed as a search was launched. She was found later that day near her habitat.
Irvin told investigators that he’d wanted to take Nova but that he was only able to pet her before she got on top of her enclosure, an affidavit said.
Police said have said they are still investigating, but Irvin has not been linked to the suspicious death of an endangered vulture at the zoo in January.
Meanwhile police in Louisiana announced the arrest Tuesday of a 61-year-old man in the case of 12 squirrel monkeys that were discovered missing Jan. 29 from their enclosure at Zoosiana in Broussard, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Baton Rouge.
Police said the missing monkeys haven’t yet been found.
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I acquired this little duck plushie recently, and I’ve been meaning to think of a name for it, but I’m gonna name her Pease I think. It’s a male duck based on the colors but I’m forcefemming her
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Christian Ziegler's incredible photo which has been selected as the Highly Commended image in the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 58th competition.
Christian had been tracking the group of bonobos "chest-deep through flooded forest" in the Salonga National Park for days when he spotted the young male holding a juvenile mongoose in his hand.
"I was so surprised to see how he carried the mongoose with such care. I immediately started to follow him and document it," he told BBC News. The ape held and stroked the small mongoose for over an hour, he said.
It is not uncommon for bonobos to capture small animals to keep as pets for short periods of time before either eating or releasing them, and it may even be a status symbol among bonobos to hold onto another animal for a while to show off.
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