Originally posted by poon cho tang:
[b]Escaped jaguar recaptured after half
an hour
By Suzanne Jung/Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE : There was high drama at the Singapore Zoo on Sunday
afternoon when a jaguar escaped from its enclosure.
Luckily, apart from a bit of a scare, no one was hurt and the
animal was recaptured half an hour later.
It was business as usual after the incident at the Zoo.
A visitor saw the jaguar escape from its enclosure at about 2pm and
sounded the alert.
Zoo officials say the jaguar was on the loose for some 30 minutes
just outside its exhibit, within possible reach of visitors.
All visitors were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
The enclosure is now closed, as investigations are going on to
determine how the jaguar managed to escape.
But most visitors were none the wiser about what had
happened.
"Really? We did not know, they didn't tell us. They said nothing
happened. They should tell us so we can be more careful and
prepared, especially with children around," one visitor said.
"If any animal escapes there should have some alarm system and we
can go to one place to hide. Some people were frustrated; they
didn't know what's going on," another said.
"For them not to tell us was a good call, as they didn't want to
panic people," said another visitor. - CNA [/b]
they should keep everyone informed when they found out.
