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JULY 14, 2018

July 14 (Reuters) - A jaguar escaped from its enclosure at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans on Saturday morning and killed six animals before it was captured, forcing the zoo to close for the day.

The male jaguar's escape was reported around 7:20 a.m. (1220 GMT), when the zoo was still closed to the public, according to the zoo. The large cat, named Valerio, mauled four alpaca, an emu and a fox in nearby habitats before it was sedated by the zoo's veterinary team less than an hour later.

No people were injured, the zoo said.

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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2018, 04:30:38 am »
Valerio has some impressive teeth.

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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2018, 04:40:53 am »
They'd better not kill the Jaguar just for what comes natural to them.

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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2018, 05:35:23 am »
They'd better not kill the Jaguar just for what comes natural to them.
It is most likely human error. Carelessness. facility design, etc.
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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2018, 09:56:50 pm »
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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2018, 10:29:18 pm »
It is most likely human error. Carelessness. facility design, etc.


Roof of escaped Audubon Zoo jaguar's habitat was 'compromised,' zoo says: https://www.nola.com/pets/index.ssf/2018/07/audubon_zoo_jaguar_escape.html


I see nothing more about that.



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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2018, 06:09:35 pm »
Not his fault!  Don’t blame that beautiful boy.

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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2018, 08:37:34 pm »
Not his fault!  Don’t blame that beautiful boy.



Not his fault at all. He just did what came naturally to him.  And it was probably overkill (no pun intended) since he had been locked up.

What a beautiful coat.

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Re: Jaguar escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, mauls six animals
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2018, 09:12:28 pm »


Not his fault at all. He just did what came naturally to him.  And it was probably overkill (no pun intended) since he had been locked up.

What a beautiful coat.

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Isn't it?

I laughed out loud at "overkill."  Someone on the radio said, well, at least it was a good day for the jaguar.