The meerkat kit missing from Perth Zoo has been found
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325594)
Rockingham, Australia
September 21, 2018 11:48pm CST
Just a quick post to say the missing meerkat kit which I wrote about recently has been found and returned to the Perth Zoo and its mother. The baby meerkat went missing a couple days ago and it wasn’t clear if it had been stolen or taken by a bird of prey.
After issusing a search warrant to the occupiers, a house some two hours from the Western Australian zoo was searched and the meerkat found inside.
Zoo authorities are saying that securitymeasures will be revised. It seems like they need to be. The photo is from Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, New South Wales.
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@moffittjc (118421)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Sep 18
Glad to hear it was found safe! Would a meerkat even make a good pet? I know they're cute and all, but are they able to be domesticated?
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@snowy22315 (169854)
• United States
23 Sep 18
@JudyEv Although they are wild animals, some people have successfully domesticated and kept raccoons as pets here. They are amusing and clever animals, maybe on par with a cat but they can get destructive or vicious as they get older.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
@snowy22315 I have a book about raccoons that didn't quite become pets but were very tame. It was called 'Raccoons are the Brightest People' by Sterling North.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Wsnowy22315 @Courage7 @TRBRocks420 Yes, it's great news isn't it? I hope it hasn't taken any ill-effects from its adventures.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
22 Sep 18
Good grief someone actually stole it. What morons! I hope that they have the book thrown at them. (War and peace hard back version would be a suitable choice)!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 18
@JudyEv I know poor animal. IF they were animal lovers they would not do such a thing!
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
22 Sep 18
I missed on your last post about the same. I am glad that it is back to its mother and to the place where it belongs.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep 18
@arunima25 It was found two hours away from the zoo. The police must have been given a tip off.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
24 Sep 18
@JudyEv Oh!! It was stolen. That's bad. I thought it got into the house on its own.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
22 Sep 18
It sounds as if there was a thief and the authorities knew who it was.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
It seems they must have got tipped off by someone.
@wolfgirl569 (95042)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Sep 18
Glad to hear that it is back and safe.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
It was a stupid thing that did. I wonder if they even knew what it needed to eat?
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 18
A successful rescue mission of meerkat. Just like a movie about the missing dog.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Yes, it's good the meerkat was found. I'm sure the zoo keepers are very relieved.
@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
22 Sep 18
It's really alarming that after security animals keep missing from the zoos.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Perhaps they hoped to sell it or perhaps they just thought they'd like one as a pet.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
Maybe there was some CCTV footage or they were tipped off by someone.
@ptrikha_2 (45458)
• India
22 Sep 18
So meerkat was taken by some people who had visited the Zoo? It was a security lapse in this case.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
7 Oct 18
@JudyEv did you know that The South African MeerKAT radio telescope is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere - we popped in there on our last journey to Sutherland last year = Fascinating and I love that they called it MeerKAT, just as the meerkats sit on the sad in the barren areas
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@kobesbuddy (74483)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Sep 18
It's terrible that someone would steal this meerkat baby! The people were no doubt, gonna try to sell it:(
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@kobesbuddy (74483)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Sep 18
@JudyEv Either way, that baby still needed its mother and natural environment:(
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