Animal Escapes

[birdsandbats]

Is it just me, or is this starting to happen a little bit more often now?

This is a thread to put when an animal escapes from a zoo in the US.

To start, a Takin recently escaped from the Rodger Williams Park Zoo:

Roger Williams Park Zoo workers hurt after 800-pound animal escapes

Animal escaped from enclosure at Rhode Island zoo is captured - The Boston Globe

 

[birdsandbats]

4 Indian Peafowl escape (sort of) from the Philadelphia Zoo:

Peacocks Go Missing From Philadelphia Zoo; 1 Found Dead

 

[Batto]

Is it just me, or is this starting to happen a little bit more often now?

I think the pervasive international media coverage and over-active social media might rather be blamed for bringing even minor national animal outbreaks to international attention; just see how quickly the bear outbreak in an obscure German private zoo was covered.

 

[birdsandbats]

2 Grizzly Bears escape from the Milwaukee County Zoo:

Grizzly bears escape primary containment at Milwaukee County Zoo

 

[birdsandbats]

Jaguar escapes from Audubon Zoo and kills 5 Alpacas, an Emu and 2 Red Foxes:

https://gizmodo.com/jaguar-escapes-new-orleans-zoo-enclosure-kills-at-leas-1827613929

Jaguar kills eight other animals after escaping from zoo enclosure

8th animal dies after jaguar escapes New Orleans zoo habitat

 

[TinoPup]

Sunny the red panda escaped from Virginia Zoo in Norfolk in January 2017 and still hasn't been found In 2007 another red panda, Yin, escaped from there twice in one month. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38749925

Rusty the red panda escaped from the National Zoo a few years ago, he was found later that day. UPDATE: Red Panda Found After It Escaped from Its Enclosure | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian

And of course the cobra "escape" from Bronx Zoo! Even if he was eventually found nearby

 

[Great Argus]

I think the pervasive international media coverage and over-active social media might rather be blamed for bringing even minor national animal outbreaks to international attention; just see how quickly the bear outbreak in an obscure German private zoo was covered.

Agreed... if anything goes wrong at Seaworld, even if not their fault, you will promptly hear about it... If you read books by zookeepers, escapes do seem somewhat common; though many of the animals never really get that far before recapture (or being killed in the case of large carnivores)... Many of the escapes to seem to be the result of a keeper making a mistake, or the public doing something stupid... not necessarily the result of the animal figuring out to to escape, although apes especially are good at that.

 

[birdsandbats]

A White-Bellied Stork has escaped from the Stone Zoo:

Stork escapes from Stone Zoo

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...chusetts-zoo-looking-for-stork-that-flew-away

 

[birdsandbats]

Eastern Bongo calf escaped from Sacramento Zoo:

Sacramento Zoo temporarily closes after bongo calf named Taylor Swift escapes

 

[TinoPup]

Eastern Bongo calf escaped from Sacramento Zoo:

Sacramento Zoo temporarily closes after bongo calf named Taylor Swift escapes

Given the video and the use of the term calf, I was expecting a fairly young/small animal, not a 13 month old!

 

[birdsandbats]

A Red Kangaroo escaped from Anello's Torch Lite Petting Farm and was hit by a car:

Petting zoo kangaroo killed in Wisconsin hit-and-run crash

 

[Great Argus]

A Red Kangaroo escaped from Anello's Torch Lite Petting Farm and was hit by a car:

Petting zoo kangaroo killed in Wisconsin hit-and-run crash

Something wrong with the driver there to hit first the man and then the young kangaroo deliberately. Though "three-foot fence" and "kangaroo" aren't a good match...

 

[birdsandbats]

Two escapes from BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo:

Siamang escape:
Gibbon escapes Baton Rouge Zoo exhibit -- but not for too long

Nice Lechwe escape:
Antelope temporarily escapes Louisiana zoo enclosure

 

[birdsandbats]

Something wrong with the driver there to hit first the man and then the young kangaroo deliberately. Though "three-foot fence" and "kangaroo" aren't a good match...

Kangaroos are popular pets and exhibit animals here in Wisconsin; escapes are actually surprisingly common and in recent years we have had roughly one kangaroo sighted each year.

 

[birdsandbats]

Brown Bear cub escape at Great Plains Zoo:

Great Plains Zoo tranquilizes bear after a 'Code 1' situation

 

[birdsandbats]

Red Panda escapes from Red River Zoo:

Missing red panda found safe in tree outside Fargo zoo

 

[birdsandbats]

African Elephant escape from Kansas City Zoo:

Elephant temporarily escapes enclosure at Missouri zoo

 

[TinoPup]

African Elephant escape from Kansas City Zoo:

Elephant temporarily escapes enclosure at Missouri zoo

That's one that doesn't happen very often!

 

[TinoPup]

Flamingo #492, who escaped from Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005, has been spotted again in Texas. The Texas Coastal Fisheries Division is now considering it a Texas resident (it's been spotted there before, among other states) and are having a contest to name it.
After Escaping a Kansas Zoo, Fugitive Flamingo Seen in Texas for the Second Time in 14 Years

 

[Great Argus]

African Elephant escape from Kansas City Zoo:

Elephant temporarily escapes enclosure at Missouri zoo

That's a unusual escapee! I'd be curious to know how the elephant managed to get out.