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Runaway Chimp Escapes Again

CJ is recaptured in Vegas, moved to a zoo

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2012 12:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – A runaway chimpanzee whose escapades with her cage mate got her partner killed in Las Vegas last month has slipped out of her enclosure again. A neighbor spotted CJ running free from her northwest Vegas home for the second time in just weeks—but this time cops were more prepared. Police quickly set up a containment area and brought down the animal with a tranquilizer dart about an hour after CJ escaped.

Last time, CJ and her mate, Buddy, escaped, they went a bit crazy and were pounding on cars in the area. Police shot Buddy to death when the aggressive pair ventured too close to humans watching their antics. CJ's owners had vowed to secure her cage after the last mishap. But the chimp isn't going back home this time, reports the Las Vegas Sun. She'll be kept at the Southern Nevada Zoological -Botanical Park.

Poor Buddy, left, is no more. He was shot to death last month when he and mate CJ, right, escaped. CJ escaped again over the weekend, and has been moved to a zoo.
Poor Buddy, left, is no more. He was shot to death last month when he and mate CJ, right, escaped. CJ escaped again over the weekend, and has been moved to a zoo.   (Facebook)
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HMunster
Aug 13, 2012 2:12 PM CDT
At first glance I thought that photo was of a couple members of Congress on their break...
MichaelBenesch
Aug 13, 2012 5:52 AM CDT
MittBAIN the weathervane found the "chimp" and following orders from the far-righteous wing nut SOCIAL ENGINEERS chose him to be VP. "BOLD CHOICE" for the pasty faced coward that (R)USHubliCONS want to be president.
finkster
Aug 13, 2012 2:16 AM CDT
"She'll be kept at the Southern Nevada Zoological -Botanical Park." Good for CJ....she's probably lonely and missing her mate and hopefully will be with other chimps  Ideally they should be free but of course man would hunt them to extinction
 

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