Dispatcher: Madison says they looted Lincoln Park Zoo... "there's a hippo walking in the street, someone's holding a monkey, and other animals are walking around."

Cop: Is it Dr. Doolittle?

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...Dispatcher to paddy wagon: Can you go check on this in case you need to take the hippo in?

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...Police found nothing amiss after a previous call of "zooting."

...Dispatcher: "I'm getting a bunch of calls now." People say they're watching it on Instagram. "The hippo's walking around. There's a loose kangaroo headed toward Lake Shore Drive.

Cop: It'd be better if it was a wallaby.

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That's gotta be a first.

Dispatcher: Caller says he's listening to the scanner and he wants you to know that there is no looting at the zoo.

Cop (Disappointed): So, there's no kangaroo loose?
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