Orangutan Escapes At Australian Zoo

SYDNEY — Officials at an Australian zoo say a clever orangutan used a rope to swing out of its enclosure and enjoy a brief taste of freedom.

Pulang the orangutan's daring escape happened Saturday at the Perth Zoo in Western Australia state. Orangutan keeper Kylie Bullo told Australia's Fairfax news that Pulang freed a rope from a bolt and swung herself into the visitor area.

Zoo officials coaxed the creature back into its enclosure a few minutes later.

Zoo CEO Susan Hunt says officials are reviewing security at the facility. She says Pulang is a gentle creature who never posed a threat to visitors.

Officials at a zoo in Adelaide evacuated visitors in May after an orangutan escaped by climbing the fence surrounding its enclosure.

Comments

[doxienan]

I love orangutans. They are really special animals, in my eyes. It is very depressing that they're having a hard time in the wild because of the palm oil business. We should do what we can to treat the zoo orangutans well - they deserve it! There is a very good group called orangutan.org that does a good job with orphaned baby orangs. Maybe you've seen the woman who runs it on the Discovery Channel as she raises the little ones and releases them onto an island to live with other young adult orangs.

[kittyarmy]

Curiously, the orangutan's name "Pulang" means "to return home" in Indonesian. Maybe he wants to go home?

[PresidentRobertBooth]

Very resourceful animal



You'd think that they were somehow related to human beings.

[TheUnnamable]

it does make one wonder... lol

[gbrooks]

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