400-pound gorilla escapes, bites keeper at Buffalo zoo

Kijivu, a western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby at Prague's zoo in Prague April 24, 2010. REUTERS-David W Cerny

Koga, a 400-pound adult male gorilla, is seen in this undated handout photo from the Buffalo Zoo released on March 19, 2012. Koga escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, 'the scariest thing I've ever done.' Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters around 11 a.m. and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. REUTERS-The Buffalo Zoo-Handout

BUFFALO, New York | Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:54am GMT
(Reuters) - A 400-pound gorilla escaped from his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday and bit a zookeeper before the 24-year-old silverback was tranquilized and recaptured.
Zoo officials said the gorilla called Koga took advantage of an unlocked cage door and slipped out into an area used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. A female keeper who has cared for Koga since he arrived in Buffalo in 2007 was bitten on her hand and calf.

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