Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus233

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Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus

 

Monday, June 30, 2008

 

Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an

undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly

escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe

kicked a hole in their cage.

 

Police spokesman Arnout Aben says the animals wandered in a

group through a nearby neighborhood for several hours after

their 5:30 a.m. breakout.

 

The animals were back at the circus later Monday after

being rounded up by police and circus workers with the

assistance of dogs. Aben says neighbors fed some of the

animals — which he said was a bad idea — but they were tame

and nobody was hurt.

 

Says Aben: " You have to imagine somebody rubbing his eyes

first thing in the morning and saying, 'Am I seeing things

or is that 15 camels walking past?' "