Going ape
Zoo keeper tranquillised
Madrid — A Spanish zoo vet shot a keeper with a tranquilliser dart when a gorilla escape drill went awry, knocking out the unfortunate victim who spent the next three days in hospital.
“One of the animal keepers of the terrestrial mammals was accidentally hit by a tranquilliser dart which the vets have to have ready for such cases,” a Loro Park Zoo official said on June 6.
A Spanish newspaper reported that the keeper had been dressed in a gorilla suit, confusing the vet who then shot him with the dart. — AFP