SENDAI, Japan — Animals around the world must want out.
A day after a very smart octopus escaped from a New Zealand aquarium, a chimpanzee named Chacha escaped from a zoo in Japan
The Japan Times reported that Chacha was one of five chimps at the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Japan.
According to zoo officials, around 1:20 p.m., zoo staff noticed one of the chimpanzees was missing.
Zoo officials closed the park as a precaution and a nearby elementary school was instructed not to let students out of the school until Chacha was caught.
The chimp led zoo officials through a residential area.
ABC News reported that the chase lasted two hours.
Chacha was caught Thursday afternoon in a residential area. He climbed up a telephone pole and ran across the wires.
He was shot with a tranquilizer gun and fell from power lines.
Zoo director Toshikatsu Ouchi apologized to local residence in a press conference.
According to reports, zoo officials have launched an investigation.
Chimp caught in residential area after escaping Sendai zoo https://t.co/qdjWNLXPHq
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) April 14, 2016
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