Dallas Zoo leaders told city council members that the zoo has made a lot of enhancements to its security after three enclosures were cut. And in a fourth enclosure, a vulture had a fatal wound.
"Eight days later, a vulture turns up dead in a habitat on the other side of the zoo. In the wilds of Africa," explained Kari Streiber with the Dallas Zoo. "A fatal puncture wound. DPD was immediately called in and determined suspicious."– is also charged with stealing two monkeys a couple of weeks later.Zoo officials said some security upgrades are more subtle and discreet to ensure the zoo doesn't feel like a "prison.
Nine days later, Greene says the fourth and most egregious incident occurred with the theft of Bella and Finn. Zoo staff recalled a man asking unusual questions about the animals the day before, which led to police releasing an image of Davion Irvin from zoo security video. Greene says patrols at night have now tripled. There are more security and trail cameras, some with infrared and motion detection.
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