A rescued leopard is pictured at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in this photograph released to Reuters on October 20, 2011. The exotic animal collector who set free his lions, tigers, bears and other beasts was bitten in the head by a big cat shortly after committing suicide, authorities said on Thursday. Three leopards, a young grizzly bear and two macaque monkeys were recaptured and sent to the Columbus Zoo, and a zoo spokeswoman said they “were doing very well” in the zoo’s animal hospital.
Chinese zoo rehearses tiger escape using man dressed in furry costume.
If some of the staff who captured the beast don’t seem to be taking the safety drill at Chengdu Zoo seriously, then they can be forgiven.
For if you look very, very closely at these images, you’ll notice it isn’t a real tiger at all. Instead of letting a real big cat loose, managers thought it might be wiser to practise with a costumed escaper.
Tiger Mom | Two-year-old chimpanzee “Do Do” feeds milk to “Aorn”, a two-month-old tiger cub, at the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
