Everybody love an animal escape story , whether it ’s thethrilling potentialof a whole draw goingvery wrong very quickly , thesheer audacityof the creatures , or you ’re just#teamescapee . This latest one regard a baby antelope with a ludicrous moniker ( well , “ bongo”isludicrous ) who made a abbreviated but inexplicable escape from her enclosing at Sacramento Zoo on Sunday .
“ Taylor Swift ” , a 1 - year - former eastern bongo , escaped the natural enclosure she share with mom Penny at around 3.30pm on Sunday , prompting the spry evacuation of the menagerie so staff could sedately crowd her back home .
bongo are critically endangered antelopes that commonly reside in the rain forest of cardinal Africa . There are thought to be few than 150 left in the wilderness , thanks to their beautiful hide , so thebirth of TS at the zoo last Septemberwas in particular exciting ; her strange name stems from the fact she was “ very swiftly on her feet ” after birth , determined to explore .
Her adventurous nature managed to get her in a spot of hassle this time though . visitant to the menagerie spotted her wandering down the main path in the common visitor surface area , perhaps await to form her own police squad of like - tending admirer .
“ ab initio we had a few infringe visitor report , ” Laura Vincent , a spokesperson for the zoological garden , told theSacramento Bee . ” The ratification came from a faculty member who made a visual confirmation and used our emergency radiocommunication to alert all staff . ”
Keepers are shy how she run her enclosure , but straightaway jump into action , end the zoological garden , and escort visitor either to a safe place , or instructing them to move into the gift workshop .
“ Staff used baffle boards and tables to softly guide the calf down the pathway and up the back road to her off - exhibit holding area , ” Vincent added .
The whole matter only took 15 minutes , but bongos are shy , and easy galvanise , so the last attention was taken to ensure she did n’t come into liaison with anyone and it was a tranquil , measured affair .
Taylor Swift did suffer a span of scrapes , according to the zoo ’s vet who take a confining look at her afterward , but she managed to shake up it off and is otherwise whole , healthy , and safe – and probably now armed with her own enthusiastic fanbase .
[ H / T : BBC News ]
