A feature: Twiggy the panther, Congo the hippo, and other animals that escaped their homes at Singapore Zoo


Visitors to the Singapore Zoo in April 2005 peering at the sealed-off jaguar exhibit. PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): After an African monkey was caught in Choa Chu Kang on Nov 1, having fled from its exhibit six months earlier, The Straits Times looks at other animals that have managed to escape from their enclosures at the Singapore Zoo.

Nearly 200 police troopers and Singapore Armed Forces sharpshooters searched the forest reserve area near the zoo for an escaped black panther. PHOTO: ST FILENearly 200 police troopers and Singapore Armed Forces sharpshooters searched the forest reserve area near the zoo for an escaped black panther. PHOTO: ST FILE

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