Okay, this guy right here has a passion for freeing animals from the Dallas Zoo and I cannot tell how to feel about it:

Seriously, dude straight up told authorities that he's a bigtime animal lover, and if they release him, he'll go right back and do it again.

Irvin told police that on the night of Jan. 29, he waited until dark, jumped a fence to get onto zoo grounds, cut the metal mesh of an enclosure and took the two emperor tamarin monkeys, according to arrest warrant affidavits . He then got on the city's light rail before walking to the vacant home where he said he kept his animals.

Believe it or not, this is just the tip of the iceberg for Mr. Irvin. He's also stolen fish from the zoo and released a clouded leopard from its enclosure, which any sane person would just never think to do.

Police, acting on a tip from the public, found the monkeys, named Bella and Finn, on Jan. 31, the day after they were discovered missing, at the empty home in Lancaster, a Dallas suburb about 15 miles south of the zoo. Officers also found multiple cats and pigeons, in addition to dead feeder fish and fish food that had disappeared from a staff-only area of the zoo earlier in January but wasn't reported stolen at the time, affidavits said…

Irvin has been charged in two of the odd events over a span of several weeks at the zoo and is linked to another, police said. In the taking of the monkeys, Irvin faces one count of burglary and six counts of animal cruelty — three for each monkey. He also faces a burglary charge in relation to the escape of a clouded leopard named Nova, who was discovered missing Jan. 13. A cut was found in her enclosure, and the zoo closed as a search was launched. She was found later that day near her habitat.

Irvin told investigators that he'd wanted to take Nova but that he was only able to pet her before she got on top of her enclosure, an affidavit said.

Police said they've linked Irvin to the cutting of an enclosure for langur monkeys, discovered after Nova went missing, but he hasn't been charged in that. None of the langur monkeys escaped.

I told you this bro had a passion for freeing animals!

And you have to admit, you've been to the zoo on occasion, and you too have thought of the place as a prison of sorts for these animals. Sure, they've got free healthcare, free housing, and as much food as they could ask for, but it still functions as a kind of internment camp for animals.

No?

Just me?

Okay, fine.

I'm not giving this man an excuse here; I'm just trying to put myself in his shoes.

However, if you're going to free these animals from their "prison" you should probably not reimprison them at an abandoned home in your neighborhood where they're way less likely to survive than if they were still at the zoo.

Here's how Irvin was caught:

In the days leading up to the emperor tamarin monkeys being taken, a man had been raising suspicions at the zoo, asking questions not only about moving and caring for such monkeys, but about the clouded leopard that had escaped, an affidavit said. He was also seen entering staff buildings near the monkeys' enclosure.

After the monkeys were discovered missing Jan. 30, police released a photo and video from the zoo of a man they said they wanted to talk to about the missing monkeys. The man in the images — who police later said was identified as Irvin — prompted the tip that led police to the vacant home where the monkeys were found Jan. 31. An affidavit said the tip came from a caller who said multiple attendees of a church recognized the man from the images as someone who frequented a vacant home owned by the church.

Police arrested Irving on Thursday a few blocks from The Dallas World Aquarium after he'd been there asking questions about animals at the aquarium and a worker recognized him from news coverage.

Seriously, this dude is addicted to stealing animals! And if this was a Pixar film, you'd be on his side in an instant.

Unfortunately, life is not a Pixar film.

Irvin faces one count of burglary and six counts of animal cruelty for his crimes. His bond is set at $25,000.

I'll leave it up to you to decide whether freeing animals from their enclosures constitutes animal cruelty.

I think you know how I feel about it.

Anyhow, I'll meet you back here in a few months when Irvin is at it again.

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