A chimpanzee named Cha Cha escaped from Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Japan, and led police and zoo staff on an intense two-hour chase through a local neighborhood. The videos show the final minutes of Cha Cha’s residential rampage.
Toshikatsu Ouchi, director of Yagiyama Zoological Park, apologized and is launching an investigation.
A different perspective from NBC news:
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When zoo workers use his back as a bulls-eye for a sedative dart, he screams and quickly rushes across a power line — only to plunge into a blanket held by the workers below, the AP reported.