Four chimps were still loose in the monkey house as of Thursday, including one that was wounded but unable to be treated amid the chaos, according to authorities.
Three chimpanzees have been killed in an ongoing containment attempt by Swedish zoo authorities after a group of apes broke out of their enclosure at Furuvik Zoo on Wednesday. So far, staff haven’t been able to corral or even locate the three uninjured chimps to return them to their enclosures.
. Zoo officials resorted to shooting the animals in lieu of tranquilizers as there was not enough tranquilizer for all of them, according toA conservation expert with the World Wildlife Fund described the situation as “incredibly sad and tragic,” adding that “this should never have happened,” according to Swedish news outlet SVT.
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