GOING APE
Zoo keeper tranquillized
Madrid — A Spanish zoo vet shot a
keeper with a tranquillizer 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 thatthe keeper had been dressed in a gorilla suit, confusing the vet who then shot
him with the dart— AFP