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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
  • To: monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [monkeywire] Escaped Gorilla Not Gunned Down
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:13:25 -0400

Gorilla runs amok in Berlin zoo
Wed 23 June, 2004 13:57
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=534526&section=news

BERLIN (Reuters) - A male gorilla escaped from his cage in the Berlin zoo and sent terrified visitors running for cover, the zoo says.

Eight-year-old Bokito, who weighs 130 kilos (286 lb) and stands more than two metres (6 ft 6 in) tall, climbed over the top of the glass wall surrounding his outside enclosure and roamed the zoo on Tuesday.

Berlin newspapers showed shaky photos of the gorilla taken by an 18-year-old visitor who recorded how Bokito was grabbed by two burly zookeepers and marched back to his enclosure.

"Suddenly hysterical children and grown-ups came running towards us. They were all running towards the exit. Behind them we saw the huge ape leaping towards us on all fours," the visitor, Husam Shawabkeh, said.




  • [monkeywire] Escaped Gorilla Not Gunned Down, Carrie McLaren, 06/23/2004

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