Dallas Zoo Shuts Down After Leopard Goes Missing: ‘Serious Situation’

Topline The Dallas Zoo located and secured a clouded leopard Friday afternoon after she somehow escaped her enclosure earlier in the day, prompting a shut down of the facility and a search that involved Dallas police. A clouded leopard is seen at the Smithsonian Zoo Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, … [+] Virginia on March 24, 2009. (Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Washington Post via Getty Images Key Facts The 25-pound female clouded leopard, named Nova, was located near her enclosure at 4:40 p.m. Central time and then secured around 5:15 p.m., the zoo tweeted. Veterinary staff are evaluating her but “initial indications are she is not injured,” according to the zoo…. Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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