A wily male chimpanzee by the name of Cha Cha made his escape from the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Japan on Thursday. After leading authorities on a merry chase for over an hour, the chimp was eventually shot down with a tranquilizer gun and recaptured. Cha Cha, 24, the male escapee chimp in question, is one of five chimpanzees in residence at the zoological park, located in Sendai City, the capital of Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture. Apparently feeling the need for a little freedom, the chimp made his escape and it was at 1:20 p.m. that zoo staff noticed his absence from his cage in the zoological...
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