2 Dallas Zoo monkeys missing after enclosure tampered with

Two monkeys are missing from the Dallas Zoo after another enclosure was found compromised, according to a statement from zoo officials.

Two emperor tamarin monkeys were discovered to be missing by the animal care team Monday, and the zoo alerted Dallas police, according to the statement.

The monkeys have not been found, and police have reason to believe that they were taken, according to the zoo. Emperor tamarin monkeys are most likely to stay close to home, so the zoo searched near their habitat and across the grounds.

This is the latest in a string of incidents at the zoo in which officials say the habitats of animals, including some endangered, have been intentionally tampered with. On Jan. 22, the zoo announced an endangered vulture had died with a suspicious wound after its enclosure had been tampered with. About a week before, a clouded leopard, Nova, got out of her habitat after someone broke into it, according to the zoo. Also recently, another monkey enclosure was found to be cut into. None of those monkeys went missing.

Nova was later found in the zoo, according to officials.