Suspect in Dallas Zoo monkey theft says he'll do it again if released, docs allege
Davion Irvin, who remained jailed Tuesday on $25,000 bond, was arrested last week after asking questions at a downtown Dallas aquarium about animals there.
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Davion Irvin, who remained jailed Tuesday on $25,000 bond, was arrested last week after asking questions at a downtown Dallas aquarium about animals there.
The suspect, 24-year-old Davion Irvin, has also been charged in connection with the clouded leopard that was let out of its enclosure at the zoo last month.
Dallas police said Friday they have arrested a man in connection with two monkeys who went missing last week from the Dallas Zoo. The suspect is also charged in connection with the temporary disappearance of a leopard last month. The monkeys were found unharmed in an abandoned house.
Two emperor tamarin monkeys are missing from the Dallas Zoo and police believe the animals were taken. Police released a photo of a man they said they want to speak to in connection with the monkeys' disappearance. Janet Shamlian reports.
Dallas police located the monkeys late Tuesday afternoon in the closet of an empty home.
On Monday, Zoosiana, a zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, confirmed that the Squirrel Monkey exhibit was broken into shortly before midnight on Jan. 28, and that 12 squirrel monkeys were stolen.
Officials believe the endangered bird died after suffering an intentional, fatal wound.
It comes just over a week after a clouded leopard at the same zoo went missing for several hours after her enclosure appeared to have been tampered with.
Police are investigating whether a langur monkey enclosure at the zoo was also tampered with as well.
"If you happen to see a cat that's bigger than a housecat, but smaller than a bobcat, please call us," the zoo said while the search was on.