[monkeywire] Officer kills escaped chimpanzee

Josh Greenman josh.greenman at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 21:14:36 EDT 2008


http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=202596

Officer kills escaped chimpanzee

3/12/2008 7:47 PM

The killing of a chimpanzee that escaped from the Keeling Animal
Research Center near Bastrop is under investigation.

The Director of the center said an adult chimp named Tony escaped from
its outdoor enclosure Wednesday morning.

Before it could be recovered, a University of Texas police officer shot it.

It's not known at this time if the officer or anyone else was attacked
prior to the shooting.

News 8 was told the animal was not currently a part of any research.

Counselors have been sent to the research center to help staffers who
worked with Tony.

This past November, another chimpanzee named Jake escaped from his
enclosure at the same center.

He was tranquilized and recovered.


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