When Animals Escape!

[Pete Incaviglia]

PETA will love this.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early Monday, police said.
"We suspect that a giraffe kicked open a pen," Dutch police said in a statement, adding that the animals did not get far before they were rounded up and returned to the circus.

 

[Diabeetus]

The quote about the giraffe kicking opening the pen is priceless. You just made my afternoon

 

[Yodel]

From the AP story:

Says Aben: "You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things or is that 15 camels walking past?'''

 

[Armchair_QB]

Hey its Amsterdam. That's an honest question.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

From the AP story:

Says Aben: "You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things or is that 15 camels walking past?'''

Man, that story sounds better than the one I read.

 

[Yodel]

Full AP:

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.
Police spokesman Arnout Aben says the animals wandered in a group through a nearby neighborhood for several hours after their 5:30 a.m. breakout.
The animals were back at the circus later Monday after being rounded up by police and circus workers with the assistance of dogs. Aben says neighbors fed some of the animals - which he said was a bad idea - but they were tame and nobody was hurt.
Says Aben: "You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things or is that 15 camels walking past?'''

 

[Armchair_QB]

Follow me! Follow me to freedom!

 

[alleyallen]

Was one of the zebras in question this guy?