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Escaped gibbon goes walkabout in central Hong Kong
Oct 5, 2011, 11:58 GMT
Hong Kong - A gibbon went walkabout in central Hong Kong Wednesday after giving zoo keepers the slip.
The endangered northern buffed-cheeked gibbon escaped while staff at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens were cleaning his enclosure early Wednesday, a government spokesman said.
The government-run zoological gardens are located in the central area of the city close to the main finance and shopping areas.
A search was immediately launched and the gibbon was discovered about two hours later hiding under a car not far from the zoo.
It was shot with an anaesthetic dart by veterinarians and after an examination was returned to its enclosure.
The species, Nomascus annamensis, was discovered last year in the rainforests of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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