Five chimps caused panic at a German zoo after they escaped using a ladder constructed out of tree branches. In a separate incident, police in Las Vegas shot and killed a chimp and tranquilized another after they escaped.
According to the Daily Mail, five chimps scaled their enclosure wall Wednesday and strolled around in the premises of Hanover's Experience Zoo in Germany. There were about 2,500 visitors at the zoo when the chimps escaped.
Although the chimps did not attack any of the visitors, a five-year-old girl and an elderly man were injured as zoo visitors panicked and rushed to exit the park. Contrary to some reports indicating the chimps wounded the girl, the Daily Mail reports she fell in fright when she saw the chimps.
AFP reports she suffered light head wounds, but she was not seriously injured. The elderly man was trapped in a tropical house in 100 degree heat while the chimps roamed the grounds of the park.
Police arrived at the scene to help zoo officials control the animals. The zoo keepers were armed with pepper spray, the Daily Mail reports.
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