The latest suspicious occurrence at the Dallas Zoo: Two tamarin monkeys are missing - NBC News

A brace of emperor tamarin monkeys disappeared from their enclosure astatine the Dallas Zoo and are believed to person been taken, the latest suspicious incidental involving an carnal oregon a situation astatine the zoo, authorities said Monday.

In a statement, the zoo said it alerted the Dallas Police Department to the missing animals Monday greeting aft installation unit members recovered their situation had been “intentionally compromised.”

The animals would astir apt enactment adjacent to their enclosure, the zoo said, and employees could not find them during a hunt of installation grounds.

A constabulary spokeswoman said a preliminary probe revealed an intentional chopped to the habitat. Investigators judge the animals were taken, the section said.

An emperor tamarin monkey astatine the Dallas Zoo.Dallas Zoo via AP

The zoo declined to remark further.

Dallas constabulary asked for the public's assistance identifying a antheral they are looking to talk to astir the missing monkeys connected Tuesday.

Police didn't clarify what they thought the individual's relation successful the monkeys' disappearance was.

The disappearance comes aft 3 different incidents, including the decease of Pin, an endangered vulture who was recovered Jan. 21 with what zoo officials described arsenic an "unusual wound."

A origin of decease wasn't clear. A zoo spokeswoman said Monday that officials were inactive awaiting the last laboratory results of a necropsy.

On Jan. 13, Nova, a 3-year-old clouded leopard, fled from her ligament mesh enclosure aft an incision was made successful it, authorities said. The zoo closed for the day, and the carnal — which the zoo said posed nary information to the nationalist — was recovered aboriginal that day.

As authorities were investigating Nova's escape, they recovered a akin chopped astatine the situation that houses langur monkeys. None of the animals escaped oregon were harmed oregon taken, Dallas constabulary said astatine the time.

It isn't wide whether the incidents are linked, but the zoo said it was stepping up information measures, adding much overnight guards and cameras. It besides offered a $10,000 reward for accusation starring to an apprehension and an indictment.