BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhuanet) -- An Australian zoo was evacuated Sunday when a notorious Orangutan escaped her enclosure by short-circuiting an electric fence.
Adelaide zoo officials said patrons were evacuated as a precaution hours after the 26-year-old Karta escaped.
Karta gained access to a side garden-bed, where she caught hold of a stick and used it to short-circuit the electric wires around her enclosure before piling up some more sticks to climb out.
The incident comes three weeks after the death of her former mate Pusung, but keepers do not believe that sparked this escape attempt.
Staff will now carry out an extensive review of the enclosure's security to ensure Karta, or her current mate Kluet, do not outsmart the system again.
(Agencies)
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