Escaped Osaka zoo chimpanzee found after biting vet in face
OSAKA -- A chimpanzee that escaped from its cage at a zoo in this west Japan city on the morning of Oct. 17 and bit a veterinarian in the face has bee A chimpanzee escaped from its cage at a zoo in Osaka, Japan, on the morning of Oct. 17 and bit a veterinarian in the face. According to the Osaka City Fire Department, the animal bit the veterinarian in his face when he tried to capture it. Workers spotted the female on a tree inside the zoo and shot her with a tranquilizer gun. The zoo has evacuated visitors and temporarily closed.
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OSAKA -- A chimpanzee that escaped from its cage at a zoo in this west Japan city on the morning of Oct. 17 and bit a veterinarian in the face has been found following a search.
At around 10:20 a.m., a staffer at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in Osaka's Tennoji Ward alerted the Osaka Prefectural Police's Tennoji Police Station, saying, "A chimpanzee's got out of its pen. It hasn't left the zoo."
According to the Osaka City Fire Department, the animal bit a veterinarian in his 40s in the face when he tried to capture it.
According to the zoo and the Osaka Municipal Government, workers subsequently spotted the chimpanzee, a female, on a tree inside the zoo. She was shot with a tranquilizer gun and is now under observation by zookeepers.
The zoo has evacuated visitors and temporarily closed, according to zoo officials.
Konular: Wildlife, Chimpanzees