‘Chaos’ as monkey escapes from enclosure at zoo
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another said: “At Paignton Zoo and we've all been turfed into the restaurant because an animal has escaped.” Many people spoke in praise of the staff for their handling of the situation, with one person saying: "Well done zoo animal team for recapturing safely." "Top marks to the staff for keeping everyone safe and keeping us calm!” A guest told DevonLive: "Guests were enclosed in certain areas and stopped from going to the bottom end of the zoo. Paignton Zoo said in a statement: "Earlier today, staff at Paignton Zoo had to attend to an incident involving an escaped monkey. "As a precautionary measure, zoo visitors were evacuated from the area in accordance with our well-rehearsed escaped animal procedure and the animal was re-captured without incident shortly after the alert was raised.
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