New Orleans zoo to reopen after loose jaguar incident

 The jaguar was sedated and returned to its area, zoo officials said.
The jaguar was sedated and returned to its area, zoo officials said. (WOWT)
Published: Jul. 15, 2018 at 9:36 AM CDT
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The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans was slated to reopen Sunday, a day after a jaguar escaped from its enclosure and killed six animals.

The male jaguar escaped around 7:20 a.m. Saturday and was captured and returned to its night house after being sedated by a vet team nearly an hour later. The capture came after the jaguar had mauled four alpacas, one emu and one fox.

No people were hurt.

It was not clear how the animal escaped. That's under investigation.

This is not the first time a jaguar has escaped its enclosure at Audubon. In 2001, a 70-pound cub named Mulac got loose for about 10 minutes before he was brought down with a tranquilizer dart. No animals or humans were injured in that escape.