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DENVER (KDVR) — An orangutan was able to escape from its exhibit after a “malfunction” at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Wednesday. The Denver Zoo confirmed with FOX31 that on Wednesday, ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --The Toronto Zoo confirmed an orangutan named Kembali briefly escaped from his new outdoor enclosure. The zoo said a volunteer alerted health and safety staff Thursday evening that the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – People on Twitter say they were at Busch Gardens when an Orangutan escaped its enclosure. “I’M AT BUSCH GARDENS AND THEY JUST MADE US EVACUATE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PARK BECAUSE AN ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- It was an eventful start to the holiday weekend at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida where an orangutan was captured after escaping its enclosure. The park hasn't commented, but guests ...

A daring orangutan cartwheeled, tight-rope-walked and trapezed its way out of an enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week, officials said. Kembali — one of the zoo’s seven Sumatran orangutans — was ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An orangutan escaped from its enclosure Friday afternoon at Busch Gardens, and parts of the park were closed for a brief time and guests were evacuated. The orangutan was tranquilized ...

An orangutan briefly escaped its enclosure at the Toronto Zoo on Thursday evening, and the zoo is now asking anyone who might have video of the caper to come forward. The zoo said a volunteer alerted ...