Ukumari Biopark regretted the escape of the 2 chimpanzees, Pancho and Chita, from their habitat space, who lastly needed to be sacrificed within the early hours of Monday morning within the Municipality of Cerritos, within the metropolis of Pereira in Colombia.
Around 9:00 pm native time on Sunday, two of the three chimpanzees that lived within the park bought out of their cages and fled, Sandra Correa, director of Ukumari defined in a press convention. Immediately, park caretakers, veterinarians, firefighters, police and armed forces uniformed personnel activated the code pink to seek out them.
“The community in general, especially in the village of Cerritos, is requested to take shelter in their homes and avoid contact with the chimpanzee. This is a wild animal that can react aggressively,” stated the mayor of Pereira, Carlos Maya.
At round 3:00 am on Monday, Ukumari knowledgeable in a press assertion that they had been in mourning for the lack of Pancho and Cheetah, and confirmed that the zoo is not going to be open to the general public on Monday.
“From the Ukumari Biopark we regret to inform the loss of two of our chimpanzees,” the assertion stated. “Two individuals who for many years were under our care, protection and with their personalities stole the hearts of all visitors. As an institution we recognize that this loss will generate deep sadness and pain not only in our family of collaborators, but also in the communities that during these seven years of operation have believed in us and in our daily work to guarantee the welfare of the animals,” it added.
Pancho was seen wandering round in Cerritos on Sunday night time, whereas Chita solely moved meters away from her habitat. One of them was killed by the Police and the opposite by the Army, authorities confirmed.
In response to the robust criticism, the police assured that they acted this approach to safeguard the lifetime of the zoo’s caretakers, who had been near being attacked by each animals.
“It hurts a lot, but we had to protect human lives,” stated Correa.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
