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By Tina Burnside, CNN
Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a Louisiana zoo after their facility was broken into over the weekend.
The theft happened just before midnight on Saturday and authorities are investigating, Zoosiana said on its Facebook page.
“The individual facilities targeted smaller primates and specifically endangered the squirrel monkey exhibit,” the zoo said.
The investigation at the zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, just outside of Lafayette, comes as Dallas authorities are investigating a number of unusual incidents involving animals at the zoo there, including the disappearance on Monday of two emperor monkeys, who were found a day later in an abandoned house were about 15 miles away, officials said.
Zoosiana didn’t say how many squirrel monkeys it had, but noted that the remaining monkeys were examined by a veterinarian and animal care team and were in good health.
“All other animals are recorded and appear to have been undisturbed,” Zoosiana said.
Zoo officials are working with local, state and federal agencies and have asked anyone with information to come forward.
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