News from earlier this week was the short lived escape of 7 chimps from the Kansas City Zoo.  My mom, brother and some friends were there recently, but not this day of the chimps big adventure.  The story from the local paper:

One of them either found or broke off a 5- or 6-foot log or branch, leaned it against a wall and clambered to the top. Then that chimpanzee — the “ringleader,” persuaded six friends to join him.

At one point, three of the seven chimps went over the wall into an area accessible only to zoo employees. Well before then, however, the zoo had activated its emergency protocols, which included gathering visitors into locked and secure areas.

The breakout happened about 3:30 p.m., and it took about an hour for zookeepers to herd the animals, in groups of two or three, back into their enclosure.

The chimps were lured with fruit and greens such as carrots, celery and lettuce, their usual feed.

But for the last reluctant animal, zookeepers brought out a bag of malted milk balls.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/10/4951136/chimps-on-the-loose-at-kc-zoo.html#storylink=cpy