The Blue Zoo Aquarium inside the Mall of Louisiana was closed Tuesday after a python used in shows to entertain children escaped from its enclosure, according to reports.

A criminal investigation is underway into the deaths of two young boys who were killed by a python that escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Canada, police said Monday.

Cara, a Burmese Python who lives at the Blue Zoo Interactive Aquarium located in Baton Rouge's Mall of Louisiana, somehow escaped her enclosure Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – The Blue Zoo Aquarium is currently on lockdown after a python is believed to have escaped its enclosure inside of the mall. Here are a few details about the missin… ...

A 12-foot Burmese python, that slithered out of her enclosure at an aquarium inside the Mall of Louisiana, was found safe early Thursday morning, according to an aquarium representative.