Perth Zoo meerkat thief thought 'cool pet'

By Rebecca Le May
Updated November 14 2018 - 7:01pm, first published 6:59pm
Jesse Ray Hooker has been fined $4000 for stealing a baby meerkat from Perth Zoo.
Jesse Ray Hooker has been fined $4000 for stealing a baby meerkat from Perth Zoo.

A man who stole a baby meerkat from Perth Zoo by hiding it in a cooler bag and playing loud music to muffle its distressed cries "fell in love with it" and "thought it would be cool as a pet", a court has heard.

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