Dallas Zoo's missing tamarin monkeys have been found in a closet of an abandoned home. Here's what we know - CNN

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The emperor tamarin monkeys that disappeared from the Dallas Zoo earlier this week but were recovered by constabulary successful an abandoned location connected Tuesday are steadfast and uninjured, the zoo said.

“Emperor tamarin monkeys, Bella and Finn, were truthful blessed to snuggle into their nest sack present astatine the Zoo past night!” the zoo said connected Facebook. “Our veterinary and carnal attraction teams person said, beyond losing a spot of weight, they amusement nary signs of wounded and some started eating and drinking astir instantly erstwhile the squad completed wellness exams connected Tuesday night.”

The zoo said the monkeys volition spell done a quarantine play earlier being returned to their zoo habitat.

The zoo besides noted that video from their surveillance cameras released connected Tuesday “seems to person been captious successful generating a extremity that led to the betterment of the tamarins.” Further, determination is simply a $25,000 reward for accusation starring to the apprehension and indictment of the idiosyncratic responsible, the zoo said.

The wellness update comes 2 days aft the zoo said that 2 tamarin monkeys were missing and that their situation had been “intentionally compromised.” The Dallas Police said they had crushed to judge the monkeys were taken, the zoo said.

The disappearance followed a bid of suspicious incidents astatine the zoo successful the past period involving a leopard, langur monkeys and a vulture, each of which person led to a hike successful security.

After a tip, the missing tamarin monkeys were recovered Tuesday wrong a closet successful an abandoned location successful Lancaster, astir 15 miles distant from the zoo. The constabulary released a photo of 1 monkey successful the closet, lasting atop what looked similar fencing.

“We are thrilled beyond content to stock that our 2 emperor tamarin monkeys person been found,” the Dallas Zoo said Tuesday evening. “They volition beryllium evaluated by our veterinarians this evening.”

Elsewhere, a Louisiana zoo reported the play theft of 12 squirrel monkeys.

The Dallas Zoo learned Monday the duo of emperor tamarin monkeys was missing from their enclosure, it said.

Dallas constabulary concluded the monkeys’ situation was intentionally chopped open, and it was “believed the animals were intentionally taken from the enclosure,” they said.

The zoo was closed Monday owed to inclement weather, it earlier had announced, with the closure extended done Wednesday due to an crystal storm.

How the animals near the zoo and got the abandoned location successful Lancaster is inactive a mystery.

Police connected Tuesday released surveillance video and a photo of an unidentified man they said they were searching for and privation to interview. Police person not said wherefore they privation to talk to him oregon erstwhile the footage was recorded, and they’ve asked the nationalist to interaction them astatine 214-671-4509 with immoderate information.

The surveillance video shows a antheral walking dilatory down a astir bare zoo sidewalk, looking backmost and distant arsenic helium moves. Another idiosyncratic is seen successful the inheritance walking successful the other direction.

The photo shows a antheral wearing a navy hooded sweatshirt and a navy and reddish beanie headdress portion eating a container of Doritos.

A fewer different unusual developments with animals person unfolded successful caller weeks astatine the Dallas Zoo.

A clouded leopard named Nova disappeared January 13, and the zoo closed to hunt for the animal.

Police launched a transgression probe aft they recovered the obstruction astir Nova’s enclosure had been “intentionally cut,” they said. Later that day, Nova was recovered adjacent her habitat.

Meanwhile, zoo unit observed a similar chopped to the enclosure of immoderate langur monkeys, but nary of them had escaped, the zoo said.

Police did not instantly find whether the 2 incidents were related.

The incidents prompted the zoo to ramp up security, including installing much cameras and boosting overnight information unit and staffing, its president and CEO Gregg Hudson said. Restrictions were besides placed connected animals’ quality to spell extracurricular overnight, helium added.

Then, a lappet-faced vulture named Pin was recovered dormant January 21 successful his habitat. “Circumstances of the decease are unusual, and the decease does not look to beryllium from earthy causes,” the zoo said successful a statement.

The bird’s decease was “suspicious” and it suffered “an antithetic coiled and injuries,” Hudson said.

The zoo is offering a $10,000 reward for accusation starring to the apprehension and indictment of a fishy successful the vulture’s death.

While the incidents astatine the Dallas Zoo and the monkey thefts astatine Zoosiana successful Broussard, Louisiana, person raised wide information concerns, astatine slightest 1 zoo successful Florida is not stepping up security.

There are “several information measures already successful spot successful Zoo Miami” and lone truthful overmuch that tin beryllium done, said Ron Magill, wildlife adept and Zoo Miami spokesperson.

“If idiosyncratic wants to get successful and is determined,” helium told CNN, “they’re going to find a way.”