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Monkey escapes; Woodland Park Zoo evacuated 

Friday, February 20, 2009 - Page updated at 05:30 a.m. 

The Woodland Park Zoo was evacuated and locked down for about 45 minutes 
Thursday morning after a small monkey escaped from an enclosure and ran off, 
zoo officials said. By 11:25 a.m., zookeepers had found the 12-year-old male 
DeBrazza's monkey named Ritkus and hit it with a tranquilizer dart, said zoo 
spokesman David Schaefer. No one was injured and there was no indication 
anyone was in any danger, he said.

The animal got loose sometime around 11 a.m., while the zoo was open to 
visitors, Schaefer said. Zookeepers had been introducing the monkey to an 
exhibit called Monkey Island, which is surrounded by a moat. Mammal curator 
Martin Ramirez said the monkey swam across the moat and climbed up a rock 
wall, apparently exploring its new home. Other similar monkeys have escaped 
from the open-air exhibit before, he said, and officials plan to re-evaluate 
its containment features.

The zoo was evacuated mostly as a precaution, "because it's a wild animal," 
Schaefer said. Visitors were alerted by a public-address system to leave.

DeBrazza's monkeys are native to Africa.