Dallas Zoo incidents: Police found two emperor tamarins reportedly taken from their enclosure.

Dallas, Texas — Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were returned home on Tuesday after police found them during a search that began the day before.

The zoo expressed “incredible excitement” over what it said about the return of two emperor tamarins.

“(Dallas Police Department) located the animals early in the evening and called our team to ensure security and transport the tamarins back to the zoo,” the statement said.

The zoo went on to say that veterinarians are evaluating the animals, with social media updates coming on Wednesday.

Dallas police did not immediately release details of where and how the monkeys were found.

The test is the latest in a recent string of bizarre incidents at the ride, including fence cutting and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture, over the past few weeks.

No arrests were made in any of the investigations, and the police did not say if the incidents were related.

Dallas police said they believe someone cut a hole in the enclosure and took away two emperor tamarins, small primates with long mustache-like whiskers.

In a later update, police said they needed help identifying a person in regards to the two missing monkeys.

“It was clear that the habitat had been deliberately compromised,” the zoo said in a statement, which provided several other details.

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The incident followed the zoo’s closure on January 13 and a one-day search when a clouded leopard named Nova went missing.

She was eventually found near her dwelling, but police said they cut a hole in her fence with a tool. A similar wound was found in the langur enclosure, but none of them got out.

On January 21, an endangered vulture named Pin was found dead and the zoo said the death did not look natural. Zoo President and CEO Gregg Hudson said the vulture had a “wound”.

Ed Hansen, executive director of the American Association of Zookeepers, said he couldn’t recall a zoo dealing with such incidents so often.

“It looks like someone really has a problem with the Dallas Zoo,” Hansen said.

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Hansen, who described the Dallas Zoo as “excellent” in the industry, said that accredited zoos have double perimeter fencing and that a zoo as large as Dallas would have a security patrol.

The zoo said it added additional cameras and stepped up night patrols.

The zoo said on Monday that the two missing emperor tamarins were likely to remain close to their habitat, but a search of the zoo’s grounds came up with no results.

Animals have escaped from Dallas Zoo enclosures before. Most notably, a 340-pound gorilla named Jabari jumped over a wall in 2004 and went on a 40-minute rampage, injuring three people before police shot the animal.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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