Mass baboon breakout shuts Paris zoo

A breakout by around 50 baboons forced a zoo in Paris to shut while wardens restored order
A breakout by around 50 baboons forced a zoo in Paris to shut while wardens restored order

Around 50 baboons escaped from their enclosure in Paris's main zoo on Friday, forcing wardens to evacuate visitors while order was restored, the zoo said.

A worker at the attraction in the Vincennes area of the French capital spotted the breakout in the late morning when the were seen gathering in a service corridor used by personnel.

"Since then the baboons have been returned to their enclosure, except for four of them which have been located in this service zone and are being rounded up," the zoo said in a statement to AFP.

The did not reach public areas and the evacuation was ordered as a precaution, the zoo said.

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