Terrified chimp on the loose in Japan for two hours
by Mark Frauenfelder from on (#1AN2H)
A chimp named Chacha escaped from his enclosure at the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Japan and ran around a neighborhood for two hours. He was shot with dart from a tranquilizer gun and fell from his perch on a telephone poll. It looked like quite a fall, but zoo officials say he is OK.
Television footage showed Chacha perched atop the pole, agitated and screaming at zoo workers below. Even after being shot by a sedative arrow in the back, he desperately tried to escape, dangling from a power line.
He finally fell head down into a blanket held by a dozen workers on the ground.
Male chimp fled zoo and was on loose for nearly 2 hours before he was captured in Japan. @Miguelnbc reports now. pic.twitter.com/ysQUxeNZFn
- NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 14, 2016