Say What?!: Orangutan Escapes Kansas Zoo Enclosure, Returns on Her Own

| October 26, 2016

Orangutan-escapes-Kansas-zoo-enclosure-returns-on-her-ownWICHITA, Ks. – A Kansas zoo confirmed an 11-year-old orangutan briefly escaped from her enclosure Tuesday morning and the facility was placed on lockdown.

The Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita said visitors to the facility alerted zookeepers around 10 a.m. to an orangutan outside of her enclosure, and officials quickly confirmed 11-year-old Sumatran orangutan Tao had made her way to a public area.

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(Photo courtesy of Sedgwick County Zoo)


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