Four animals at Perth Zoo have escaped from enclosures since two orangutans were found outside theirs.
Freedom of Information details, obtained by The West Australian, show that a binturong, a red panda and a ghost bat have pulled a Harry Houdini.
In 2017, an orangutan mother and her young were found on the boardwalk outside their enclosure. It’s understood that the young one had either fallen or dropped from a rope into a garden outside their enclosure and its mother had dropped from a nesting platform to retrieve it.
The pair were free for just over 20 minutes before they climbed back into their enclosure.
Since then, there have been four escapes.
December 2017
A baby binturong escaped. Not just once, but twice in four days. A hole was found in some wire mesh and another in the roof capping of the enclosure. Repairs and inspection was completed.
Nope, we didn’t know what a binturong was either.
June 2018
A red panda was found in a tree about 90 minutes after it escaped from its enclosure.
September 2018
A ghost bat got out through the nocturnal house’s airlock. It was returned 50 minutes later.
At least we now know what the hell a binturong is.
