Four chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure in a Swedish zoo and roamed freely before being captured and euthanized on Wednesday, according to Swedish media.
in a Swedish zoo and roamed freely before being captured and euthanized on Wednesday, according to Swedish media.
Annika Troselius, press spokesperson for the group that operates the Furuvik zoo in Stockholm, told the Expressen daily that the animals were euthanized because there was not enough tranquilizer for all of them. She said that the chimpanzees are strong and dangerous animals and the zoo's main focus “is that no human gets hurt.”
Troselius told Swedish radio that a fifth chimpanzee is believed to have left its enclosure, though there were no other immediate details.
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