Escaped chimpanzee returns to Kharkiv zoo on keeper's bicycle

[cbabe]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/chimpanzee-escapes-from-zoo-in-under-fire-ukrainian-city

Escaped chimpanzee returns to Kharkiv zoo on keeper’s bicycle

A chimpanzee that escaped Kharkiv city zoo on Monday was persuaded to return by a zoo employee who wheeled it back on a bicycle.

Staff at the zoo in Ukraine’s second-biggest city were struggling to persuade Chichi, who had wandered around streets and a nearby park, to return to the zoo with them.

But when it started to rain she ran to a keeper, who put a yellow jacket on her. The pair embraced before Chichi was put on the seat of a bike.

Footage of the incident brought a rare moment of joy to a frontline city under daily bombardment by Russian forces.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Awww. I love that...

Be well. BE safe all.

[Bayard]

2. She obviously trusts her keepers

Probably frightened to be out by herself. Glad she was rescued!

[Ponietz]

4. It's the bombs

She ran in a panic. She’s frightened and evacuated, I hope, soon.

[DBoon]

3. the chimp should have borrowed the keeper's cellphone

... and sent for Uber

[Warpy]

5. A chimp in a sou'wester on a bicycle

Now that's something you don't see every day.

I know there are other priorities, but you'd think they'd have managed to evacuate some of the animals west, out of harm;s way, there are a lot of "empties" among both rail and road going that way.