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Taronga Zoo: Situation ‘under control’ after lions escape enclosure, forcing staff and visitors to hide
Five lions have been secured after escaping from their enclosure at a zoo in Sydney, Australia, early on Wednesday, 2 November.
The animals broke out of their enclosure at Taronga Zoo at approximately 6:30am.
A “code one” emergency alert was triggered, sending zookeepers and visitors who were staying overnight at the zoo scrambling.
All animals are now safe in a back-of-house exhibit for monitoring, zoo director Simon Duffy said.
“The situation was under control within minutes,” he added.
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