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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 "I'm 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 who'd wandered dangerously close to the electrified third rail.
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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.