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Rhino wanders out of enclosure at Baton Rouge Zoo

7 years 13 hours 52 minutes ago Tuesday, March 28 2017 Mar 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 10:37 AM March 28, 2017 in News
Source: WBRZ
Image: Baton Rouge Zoo Facebook

BATON ROUGE – A male black rhino is back in his enclosure after briefly wandering out of his area Tuesday morning.

A spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Zoo said a caretaker going through the regular morning routine left a gate open Tuesday morning at the rhino enclosure. The rhino wandered out into a buffer zone for a couple of minutes before returning to his enclosure on his own.

The zoo says the animal was never in contact with any zoo visitors. Patrons in the area were put into safe places according to the standard zoo animal escape plan.

 

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