Visitors had to be evacuated from the Ishikawa Zoo yesterday after an Orangutan escaped:

Like many other zoos with orangutans and monkeys, the Ishikawa Zoo had a set up with some poles and wires that allowed the orangutan to swing back and forth over the heads of visitors. The bottom section of the poles were electrified to discourage the primate from climbing down. The orangutan escaped by falling from this area, possibly because he lost his grip after accidentally touching an electrified area. After 40 minutes of wandering around inside the zoo, he was knocked out by a tranquilizer and captured by zookeepers.

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