An Australian zoo was evacuated Sunday, May 10, 2009, when a “notorious” (as characterized in media reports) orangutan escaped her enclosure by short-circuiting an electric fence.
Adelaide zoo officials said patrons were evacuated as a precaution hours after the 26-year-old Karta (shown above) escaped.
Karta gained access to a side garden-bed, where she caught hold of a stick and used it to short-circuit the electric wires around her enclosure before piling up some more sticks to climb out.
The incident comes after the recent death of her former mate Pusung on April 15, 2009, but keepers do not believe that sparked this escape attempt. (Now why won’t the death of her mate create upset and behavior disruption?)
Staff will now carry out an extensive review of the enclosure’s security to ensure Karta, or her current mate Kluet, do not outsmart the system again.
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