, including the theft of two monkeys, told investigators he loves animals and that if he’s released from jail, he’ll steal more, new court documents show.was arrested last week after asking questionsThe 24-year-old Texas man is charged with six counts of animal cruelty and two counts of burglary in connection to the crime.
Irvin told police that on Jan. 29, he waited until dark, jumped a fence to get onto zoo grounds, cut the metal mesh of an enclosure and took the two emperor tamarin monkeys, according to arrest warrant affidavits. He then got on the city's light rail before walking to a vacant home where he said he kept his animals.After receiving a tip from the public, police found the monkeys on Jan.
Cats and pigeons were also in the home, in addition to dead feeder fish and fish food that had disappeared from a staff-only area of the zoo earlier in January but wasn't reported stolen at the time, according to arrest affidavits in the case.including another animal escape and another animal's death.Nova, a clouded leopard, vanished.
She was found on zoo grounds and safely secured. Harrison Edell, executive vice president of animal care and conservation at the Dallas Zoo, noted there was a tear in the mesh of Nova's enclosure that morning. The next day, on Jan. 14, Dallas police opened a criminal investigation and found that an intentional cut was made in the enclosures that house langur monkeys. No monkeys were missing or harmed. Detectives also determined the mesh in the leopard's enclosure had been purposely cut.
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