DALLAS — It has been an unprecedented month for the Dallas Zoo. National attention has zeroed in as the zoo was enveloped with mystery after mystery.
The events surrounding cuts in the enclosures of a clouded leopard and langur monkeys, a dead vulture and the nabbing of two bearded emperor tamarin monkeys raised a host of questions about the supposed perpetrator or perpetrators and the zoo’s security protocols. Authorities are still piecing together the string of incidents, but on Thursday Dallas police arrested Davion Irvin, 24, after he was spotted near an animal habitat at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Police said Irvin faces a burglary charge in connection to the two stolen emperor tamarin monkeys. He faces an additional burglary charge related to a cut habitat for a clouded leopard, and a police spokeswoman said he is also connected to a cut enclosure for langur monkeys.
