An Orangutan Escaped from Toronto Zoo for a short period of time before it was safely returned.
An orangutan briefly escaped its outside home before being securely recaptured, prompting the Toronto Zoo to seek professional guidance. The zoo announced via email on Saturday that Kembali , a male orangutan, was able to exit his habitat on Thursday night and descend a tower to reach the area immediately outside the habitat. "Our preliminary investigation reveals that Kembali was on one of the towers at the south end of the outdoor habitat when he swung in a cartwheel-like motion from the bottom rope (o-line) to the platform, around the secondary barrier (hot wire) near the top of the tower, and then grabbed a gusset (steel bracket) located under the platform, after reviewing video footage and photographs from both the Toronto Zoo and guests from August 29th . He was able to descend the tower from that point. Officials from the zoo claim that employees managed to swiftly remove guests from the area and the primate was returned to its habitat without any problems. In order ...