Escaped chimpanzee returns to Kharkiv zoo on keeper's bicycle

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/chimpanzee-escapes-from-zoo-in-under-fire-ukrainian-city

Escaped chimpanzee returns to Kharkiv zoo on keeper’s bicycle

Rare moment of joy in under-fire Ukrainian city as video shows Chichi being wheeled back on bicycle

Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv
Tue 6 Sep 2022 08.48 EDT

A chimpanzee that escaped Kharkiv city zoo on Monday was persuaded to return by a zoo employee who wheeled it back on a bicycle.

Staff at the zoo in Ukraine’s second-biggest city were struggling to persuade Chichi, who had wandered around streets and a nearby park, to return to the zoo with them.

But when it started to rain she ran to a keeper, who put a yellow jacket on her. The pair embraced before Chichi was put on the seat of a bike.

Footage of the incident brought a rare moment of joy to a frontline city under daily bombardment by Russian forces.

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