The man charged in the taking of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo has also been charged in two other recent incidents there involving holes that were cut in animal enclosure fences, authorities said Friday.
Davion Irvin, 24, has been charged with two counts of burglary to a building in connection with the cutting of the enclosure fences for a clouded leopard and langur monkeys, police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman said during a news conference. The langur monkeys didn't escape and weren't harmed. The leopard did but was later found safe near its pen.
“The last month has been an emotional rollercoaster for the team here at Dallas Zoo,” Harrison Edell, the zoo's executive vice president for animal care and conservation, said at the news conference. Earlier this week, police released a photo and a video taken from the zoo of a man they said they wanted to speak with about the missing monkeys.
Waylon Tate, an aquarium spokesperson, said Irvin had stopped an employee to ask questions about one the aquarium's animals, and the employee recognized him from the coverage of the missing monkeys.The missing monkeys were the latest in a string of unusual events at the zoo over the past few weeks, including other enclosure fences that were cut and the death of the vulture.
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