The bonobo which escaped Friday morning from its enclosure in the Planckendael zoo, in Mechelen (province of Antwerp), could be captured, indicated on the social network Twitter the animal park. The animal is now recovering from its emotions in its enclosure. The site, which had been evacuated, was due to reopen to the public at 2:00 p.m.
The monkey seems to have gotten tired of the island where he lived with his family and climbed a tree before dressing up.
The emergency plan has been activated. The park was thus evacuated and all visitors were taken to safety outside or in zoo buildings. The police were dispatched to the scene while trainers tried to lure the animal into its enclosure.
In 2018, a lioness managed to escape from her cage at Planckendael zoo. Unable to knock out the animal, the police had to resign themselves to shooting down the animal, very agitated, when he had come dangerously close to visitors in the Asian wagon.