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Sometime this morning, Woodland Park Zoo’s DeBrazza’s guenon [zoo] attempted to make a great escape. When zookeeper coaxing proved futile, out came the tranquilizer darts. Although he was less successful in his bid for freedom than New Zealand’s Sid the Octopus [abc], who survived for five days on the run and will be granted amnesty, his adventure at least ended without bloodshed or bullets like the case of his spiritual chimpanzee cousin from Connecticut [register].

Once he was sedated and returned to his cage, visitors who had been evacuated for the lockdown and perimeter sweep were able to return to the premise to look at other captive animals [p-i].