Exotic Incident #1122
Incident Date:
03/20/2008
Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
Facility Name:
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus
Facility Type:
Circus (C)
Incident Category:
Escape of animal (EA)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Zebra
Animal disposition:
Recaptured
Summary:
Three of the zebras who had previously escaped in June 2007 from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus broke free from their temporary tour enclosure in Baltimore, MD. The animals wandered briefly into traffic lanes before being corralled and returned to the sidewalk. A circus veterinary technician described it as “a scary moment.”
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