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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Wildlife officials have a message for a couple who fled Louisiana with their four monkeys out of fear their animals would be confiscated: Come home and let us inspect your cages and monkeys.

Jim and Donita Clark fled their home in DeRidder last October and have been living with their monkeys in their motor home in Texas.

Bo Boehringer, a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, invited the Clarks to return to Louisiana and undergo an inspection, as required now for people who have potentially dangerous exotic animals in their homes.

He added that the Clarks have nothing to fear as long as their monkeys are found to be well treated and their cages safe.

But the Clarks remain skeptical. They're looking for a lawyer.


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