Police release photo of man they want to speak to about missing tamarin monkeys at Dallas Zoo - CNN

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The Dallas Police Department released surveillance video and a photo of an unidentified antheral they privation to talk to successful respect to 2 tamarin monkeys who were believed to beryllium stolen from the zoo connected Monday.

“Dallas Police are looking for the public’s assistance successful identifying the pictured individual,” police wrote.

In the surveillance video, the antheral tin beryllium seen walking dilatory down a astir bare zoo sidewalk, looking backmost and distant arsenic helium moves. A 2nd idiosyncratic besides tin beryllium seen successful the background, but that idiosyncratic walks successful the other direction.

In the inactive image, the antheral is wearing a navy bluish hooded sweatshirt and a navy and reddish beanie headdress and is eating a container of Doritos.

The probe comes aft a bid of suspicious carnal incidents this period astatine the Dallas Zoo. The zoo believes 2 of its emperor tamarin monkeys person been stolen aft they were discovered missing from their enclosure Monday and their situation had been “intentionally compromised.”

“Emperor tamarin monkeys would apt enactment adjacent to location - the Zoo searched adjacent their situation and crossed Zoo grounds and did not find them,” the zoo said successful a statement Monday.

The Dallas Police Department said its preliminary probe recovered the situation had been intentionally chopped unfastened and “it is believed the animals were intentionally taken from the enclosure.”

Earlier Monday, the zoo said it would beryllium closed for the time owed to inclement weather. The closure was aboriginal extended done Wednesday owed to an crystal tempest impacting the area, the zoo said.

This is the 4th clip this period that the zoo has discovered its animals oregon their enclosures whitethorn person been tampered with, including the “unusual” circumstances surrounding the decease of a vulture past week, according to the zoo.

The drawstring of events began January 13 erstwhile a clouded leopard named Nova disappeared, prompting the zoo to adjacent arsenic they searched for the animal. Dallas constabulary opened a transgression probe aft it was discovered that the obstruction astir Nova’s enclosure had been “intentionally cut,” constabulary said.

While the feline was recovered adjacent to her situation aboriginal that day, zoo unit besides recovered a akin chopped had been made to the enclosure of immoderate langur monkeys. Despite the caller flight route, nary of the monkeys near their habitat, the zoo said. Police said astatine the clip that it was “unknown if the 2 incidents are related.”

Following the incidents, the zoo installed further information cameras, much than doubled its overnight information personnel, accrued its overnight staffing, and began limiting immoderate animals’ quality to spell extracurricular overnight, President and CEO Gregg Hudson said.

But little than 2 weeks aft the archetypal discoveries, a vulture named Pin was found dormant successful his habitat. Hudson called the bird’s decease “suspicious” and said “an antithetic coiled and injuries” indicated Pin did not dice from earthy causes.

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

Dallas constabulary are investigating each 4 incidents. A spokesperson said past week that the section is collaborating with US Fish and Wildlife connected the investigations.