{"id":413627,"date":"2026-08-22T06:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413627\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:54:10","slug":"small-creature-escaping-the-heat-rescued-by-north-richland-hills-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413627\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Small creature’ escaping the heat rescued by North Richland Hills police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A small exotic animal seeking refuge from the heat outside a pizzeria was rescued Thursday afternoon by North Richland Hills police. <\/p>\n

Officers identified the animal as a kinkajou<\/a>, a small mammal native to the tropical forests of Central and South America, according to National Geographic.<\/p>\n

“Soooo, anyone missing a kinkajou?” the department asked in a Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The small mammal, which is able to turn its feet backwards to run in either direction along branches, is related to the raccoon.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to the scene regarding a “kangaroo or monkey” hiding outside a store.<\/p>\n

“When they arrived, they found a small creature, notably hot and thirsty, looking for refuge from the heat,” police said in a statement. <\/p>\n

Officer Dylan Davis was able to safely catch the animal and transfer it to NRH Animal Services, which is now trying to locate the owner or find a long-term care facility. <\/p>\n

\"North<\/p>\n

North Richland Hills Police Department<\/p>\n

North Richland Hills police officer Dylan Davis posing with the rescued kinkajou Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Dylan Duke is KERA’s breaking news reporter. Got a tip? Email Dylan at\u00a0dduke@kera.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KERA News is made possible through the generosity of our members. If you find this reporting valuable, consider\u00a0making a tax-deductible gift today<\/a>. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A small exotic animal seeking refuge from the heat outside a pizzeria was rescued Thursday afternoon by North…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-413627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}