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Under cover of darkness a year ago, someone slipped into the Central Park Zoo, cut a hole in a cage and freed a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco.

A peacock reportedly turned vicious when it escaped from the Bronx Zoo, bit a bystander, and later stayed atop a tree to roost. Read more here.

Marcus Higgins, a railroad conductor working near New York City, said "Im glad our crew was there and able to help" after he was alerted by his boss and sprinted to scoop up a 3-year-old boy whod wandered dangerously close to the electrified third rail.

The FDNY responded to a call around 8 p.m. of a person bitten by an animal at Vidalia Park in West Farms.

A peacock remained on the lam Thursday after escaping from the Bronx Zoo and biting a man who thought he must've been the one flying high.

The peacock, nicknamed Raul by its neighbors, spent most of the night perched in a tree, drawing a crowd of onlookers. The Fire Department did not confirm reports it had bitten someone.

The Bronx Zoo peacock went after the man by East 180th and Vice Avenue on Wednesday night. Here's the latest.

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The Bronx Zoo peacock went after the man by East 180th and Vice Avenue on Wednesday night. Here's the latest.

The four-foot-long alligator, now being evaluated at the Bronx Zoo, is presumed to have been abandoned by someone who kept it as a pet.