The chimps took advantage of damage caused by stormy weather to stage a breakout. A red panda cub called Amber also escaped from its enclosure last month.
BEN QUINN: ‘Chimpanzees have used a branch to escape from their enclosure at Belfast zoo in the second breach by animals in recent weeks. They took advantage of damage caused by stormy weather to stage a breakout, which visitors caught on film. It comes after a red panda cub called Amber was found in a garden less than a mile from the zoo after it escaped from its enclosure last month.
The latest bid for freedom was made by chimps who used a branch as a makeshift ladder and scaled high walls surrounding their pen on Saturday. Visitors described seeing one of the escapees emerge from the bushes on to a path while others were sitting on top of their enclosure wall…
Zookeeper Alyn Cairns said trees in the enclosure had been weakened by the storms, allowing the chimps to break them and use them as a ladder to escape. He told the BBC: “They’re intelligent primates and know they’re not supposed to be out of their enclosure, so got back in themselves”. SOURCE…
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