ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Abilene Zoo has called a press conference in light of a “code red” incident that happened Monday morning.

Details of this incident have not been released, but city officials confirm it involves a jaguar. The incident happened at 8:00 a.m.

Zookeeping: An Introduction to the Science and Technology reports “Code Red” incidents involve escaped animals, but city officials say there is no need for alarm and everything is under control at this time.

The press conference will take place at 11:00 a.m. The Zoo told KTAB and KRBC, “we are researching the details of this incident, and will release a statement at that time.”

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