AUDUBON ZOO, NEW ORLEANS — A jaguar from the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans escaped and ended up killing six animals, reports CBS News.<br /><br />Zoo officials said the 3-year-old male jaguar escaped its habitat, because its roof may have been "compromised' and opened up an escape route.<br /><br />The incident took place around 7:20 a.m. before the zoo was open.<br /><br />After escaping, the jaguar — named Valerio —reportedly attacked four aplacas, a fox and an emu, unfortunately they didn't survive. Valerio also attacked two other foxes and an alpaca, but they are expected to recover.<br /><br />Team members from the zoo sedated the jaguar within a few minutes with tranquilizers, reports Fox News.<br /><br />According to a press release from the Audubon Zoo, they plan to conduct a thorough investigation of how this happened.
