ChaCha the chimp briefly escapes from zoo in Japan
Chimp escapes from the zoo and then ... 01:41
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- ChaCha the cheeky chimp made a dash for freedom in Sendai
- His freedom lasted two hours
(CNN)A chimpanzee made a dash for freedom from a zoo in Japan, but his freedom was short lived. Two hours, to be exact.
ChaCha the cheeky chimp escaped from the Yagiyama zoological park Thursday.
After
a wild run all over a nearby residential area, screaming at his
pursuers, he perched atop a telephone pole in Sendai, the zoo said.
But his freedom ended with a dart from a tranquilizer gun, sending him tumbling down the pole.
Two zoo employees suffered minor injuries during the scramble to capture him, said Takashi Ito, a zoo spokesman.
It's unclear how the primate fled from the zoo, which has an electric fence. An investigation is underway.
ChaCha
is awake and recovering from the effects of sedation, Ito said. Thanks
to his brief escapade, the zoo is closed Friday for an inspection of
its facilities.
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Squeezing
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freedom.
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