Leopard

The Dallas Zoo was forced to close on Friday as it searches for a clouded leopard that appears to have escaped from its enclosure, the zoo announced on Twitter.

The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System were then sent samples shortly after, and the state-level lab confirmed the results.

The 50-year-old man is said to have paid $150 to have a "full contact experience" with the black leopard at the owner's private sanctuary.

Biologists have been searching for more proof of the African black leopard in Kenya for years now.