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Several chimpanzees have escaped today from their enclosure, how is currently unknown. The zoo immediately evacuated the visitors and closed her doors. According to the zoo, the situation is now under control and all visitors have safely left the park. Several eyewitnesses claim to have heard gun shots and apperantely one chimpanzee has been shot, but much is still unknown.

Chimpansees ontsnapt in Dierenpark Amersfoort
 
Update:
this morning around 10.30 am two chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure in Amersfoort Zoo. The situation was quickly under control and no visitors or employees were injured. To prevent further escalation, these two male chimpanzees were shot. We deeply regret this event.
The first conclusions are that we are dealing with a human error surrounding the closing of the enclosure, which caused two monkeys to escape from the enclosure. The cause will be further investigated in the coming days. At the moment we have established that there are no technical defects to the accommodation.
The two chimpanzees were seen behind the scenes by our zookeepers almost immediately after the escape. From that moment on, the 'Animal Escaped' protocol was set in motion. This means, among other things, that visitors and employees are brought to safety and that the escaped animal is traced. The two male chimpanzees showed impressive behavior, which could create a dangerous situation and therefore the decision was made at that moment to shoot the chimpanzees.
It is a black day for Amersfoort Animal Park. We therefore regret this situation enormously. The two chimpanzees, Mike and Karibuna, have been part of the chimpanzee group in our park for a very long time. We offer victim support for our employees and visitors. We ask visitors who were in our park at the time of the event to report to us, we would like to get in touch with them.
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Shame that both chimpanzees were shot and killed, but given the thread that they could pose to the visitors/employees quick action was needed...
 
The imfamous PvdD (''Party for the Animals'') has said they will seek to start a parliamentary debate about zoos and ask the minister questions about what happened. Several small protests have been staged in front of the entrance of the zoo. The PvdD is a long time anti-zoo organisation, which has been growing in the Netherlands, but it still only accounts for a few seats in a parliament of 150.
 
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