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[Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>]

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.