On July 12, 2012 The Associated Press reported that two chimpanzees
escaped a Las Vegas backyard and rampaged through a neighborhood
Thursday, pounding on cars and jumping into at least one vehicle before
police killed one primate and tranquilized the other, authorities said.
No people were hurt, but police said they had no choice but to kill after the agitated animals escaped their enclosure and started running through yards and opening car doors in a neighborhood of horse pens, palm trees and tile-roofed, landscaped homes.
One local resident said he saw the male chimpanzee jump on top of a police car — with its lights on and an officer inside — before the animal jumped to the ground and headed into a vacant lot.
The chimps were on the loose for about 30 minutes before a male primate turned toward the gathering crowd was shot and killed.
The other chimp, a female, was shot with a tranquilizer dart but continued to roam the area for several more minutes before she was hit with a second dart.
... the owner had proper permits to keep the animals on the property in unincorporated county territory outside Las Vegas city limits, as well as a license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sourece:
One chimpanzee dead, one tranquilized after escape in Las Vegas - Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/13737693-418/police-2-chimpanzees-on-the-loose-in-las-vegas.html
No people were hurt, but police said they had no choice but to kill after the agitated animals escaped their enclosure and started running through yards and opening car doors in a neighborhood of horse pens, palm trees and tile-roofed, landscaped homes.
One local resident said he saw the male chimpanzee jump on top of a police car — with its lights on and an officer inside — before the animal jumped to the ground and headed into a vacant lot.
The chimps were on the loose for about 30 minutes before a male primate turned toward the gathering crowd was shot and killed.
The other chimp, a female, was shot with a tranquilizer dart but continued to roam the area for several more minutes before she was hit with a second dart.
... the owner had proper permits to keep the animals on the property in unincorporated county territory outside Las Vegas city limits, as well as a license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sourece:
One chimpanzee dead, one tranquilized after escape in Las Vegas - Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/13737693-418/police-2-chimpanzees-on-the-loose-in-las-vegas.html
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