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US IN THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT.
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>> LISA: WELL, FOR SOME
CENTRAL FLORIDIANS, IT WAS
TERRIFYING NEWS. TOM SORRELLS
IS LOOKING AWAY RIGHT NOW.
THIS HIGHLY VENOMOUS COBRA
ESCAPED FROM AN OCALA HOME 5
YEARS LATER. THE POTENTIALLY
DEADLY SNAKE HAS NEVER BEEN
FOUND. THAT COBRA IS AMONG
HUNDREDS OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS
THAT HAVE ESCAPED FROM FLORIDA
HOMES AND ZOOS IN RECENT
YEARS. AND IN SOME CASES, THE
ESCAPED WILDLIFE WAS BEING
KEPT ILLEGALLY AT THE TIME
NEWS, 6 INVESTIGATOR MIKE
DEFOREST HAS BEEN POURING
THROUGH STATE RECORDS. MIKE,
THIS COULD BE A BIG CONCERN
STATEWIDE. IT REALLY IS BAD
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
ANIMAL THAT ESCAPE THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY HARM PEOPLE OR
HARM THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT’S
WHY THE FLORIDA FISH AND
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
COMMISSION REQUIRES THE OWNERS
OF CERTAIN KINDS OF WILDLIFE.
>> MATT: TO PROMPTLY REPORT
ESCAPES.
>> SO YOU SAY THE SNAKE GOT TO
and commission free trades >> WHEN A STATE WILDLIFE
OFFICER QUESTION KIM GARDNER
ABOUT THE ESCAPE OF HIS 11
FOOT LONG YELLOW ANACONDA. HE
DISCOVERED THIS OBJECT THE
SNAKE LEFT BEHIND ON THE FRONT
PORCH. 11 FOOT LONG PIECE OF
SNAKE SKIN. SHE CAN BE
DANGEROUS. 3 MONTHS LATER AND
MORE THAN 4 MILES AWAY FROM
WHERE THE LARGE SNAKE GOT
LOOSE. ROY HOLLAND TRIED TO
CLOSE HIS GARAGE DOOR AS
SOMETHING SLITHERED IN.
>> THIS IS LITERALLY CLOSE
THAT DOOR. I CLOSED OR WOW
OVER THE GARAGE DOOR WAS OVER.
I CALL.
>> THIS NOW DEAD ANACONDA IS
AMONG MORE THAN 200 ANIMALS
THAT ESCAPED FROM FLORIDA
HOMES AND JEWS SINCE 2016,
ACCORDING TO FWC REPORTS AND
BODY CAMERA VIDEOS OBTAINED BY
NEWS 6.
>> THE ESCAPEES INCLUDED ZEBRA
THAT BELONG TO A TRAVELING
CIRCUS. THIS COUGAR, WHICH
INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS
ILLEGALLY OWNED BY SOMEONE IS
A PET WITHOUT A PERMIT. THIS
AFRICAN SERVAL IT WAS FOUND
WANDERING THROUGH PALM BAY
AFTER ESCAPING FROM A NEARBY
HOME. THESE 2 CHIMPANZEES
WHICH BROKE LOOSE FROM A SOUTH
FLORIDA WILDLIFE FACILITY. AND
THIS PET SPIDER MONKEY THINKS
THAT WAS TAKEN ON A SHOPPING
TRIP TO HOME DEPOT IN
OKEECHOBEE WHERE RECORDS SHOW
IT GOT AWAY FROM ITS OWNER AND
ATTACKED A STORE EMPLOYEE. YOU
KNOW, THE OWNERS FIRST DON’T
MAKE ME GET THE GUN.
>> AND I WAS LIKE WITH THAT,
IT COULD HELP CALM HIM DOWN.
ANOTHER MONKEY. THIS TAMARIN
HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM A TREE
USING A BUCKET TRUCK WITH GOOD
ESCAPE FROM A HOME IN TAMPA.
THIS JUVENILE KANGAROO BELONGS
TO BUSCH GARDENS THEME PARK.
SO THE LOGICAL EMPLOYEE TOOK
AT HOME TO CARE FOR IT.
RECORDS SHOW WHERE IT JUMPED
OUT OF THIS ENCLOSURE AND HOP
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BEFORE BEING CAPTURED THE NEXT
DAY AT DISNEY’S ANIMAL
KINGDOM. AMIR CAT FOUND A WAY
OUT OF ITS EXHIBITS, BUT SOON
RETURNED ON ITS OWN AT THE
JACKSONVILLE ZOO. THIS
ELEPHANT ONCE OWNED BY MICHAEL
JACKSON HAD TO BE COAXED BACK
INTO ITS PEN BY EMPLOYEES
AFTER IT ESCAPED THROUGH THIS
OPEN GATE.
>> I THOUGHT BUT THE CAGE DOOR
OPENED SHORTLY BEFORE JIM
CLOSED HIS EAST. ORANGE COUNTY
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY LAST YEAR.
>> THIS 4 FOOT LONG, ASIAN
WATER MONITOR ESCAPED FROM HIS
PROPERTY AND ENDED UP IN A
NEIGHBOR’S BACKYARD. ALTHOUGH
CLAIM SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH
THE CAGES. STATE WILDLIFE
OFFICIALS SAY THE GIANT LIZARD
COULD HAVE ESCAPED ON ITS OWN
REMEMBER IT WAS WIDE OPEN. THE
DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN. NOW,
ALTHOUGH JAIL TIME IS
POSSIBLE. IN MOST CASES, THE
OWNERS OF ESCAPED ANIMALS ARE
ISSUED WARNINGS OR FINES IN
THE RANGE OF A FEW $100 TO
PREVENT ESCAPES. FWC OFFICIALS
WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
LICENSED WILDLIFE OWNERS TO
ENSURE THAT THE ANIMALS
ENCLOSURES IN CAGES, MEET
STATE REQUIREMENTS. MIKE, I
KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING.
I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS HAPPENS
NEAR MY HAVE MADE IT VERY EASY
TO SEE WHERE THESE ANIMALS
HAVE ESCAPED. YES, WE DID GET
A RESULT OF GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
CLICK ORLANDO DOT COM. WE
POSTED AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT
SHOWS.
>> MATT: ANIMAL ESCAPE. THAT
REPORT REPORTED TO THE STATE
INCLUDING MOST IMPORTANTLY
WHERE IT HAPPENED. OATH. I
DON’T IF I WANT TO CHECK THAT