Paris Paris zoo shut after 50 baboons escape Visitors to Paris Zoological Park evacuated as workers try to lure animals back to enclosures A Guinean baboon at the Paris Zoological Park in Vincennes. Photograph: Charles Platiau/ReutersThe Paris Zoological Park has been evacuated and closed after dozens of baboons escaped their enclosure. As zookeepers raced to round up the animals, armed police surrounded the popular attraction and sealed off nearby roads. About 50 baboons were reported to have got out and congregated around the Grand Rocher, the fake rock centrepiece of the zoo, on Friday morning. Members of the public had been evacuated as a precaution because baboons could be unpredictable “especially when stressed”.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2018 15:00 UTC