Camels, Zebras, Llamas and Swine Escape From Dutch Circus With Giraffe's Help
Pastor Dale Morgan
Camels, Zebras, Llamas and Swine Escape From Dutch Circus With Giraffe's
Help*
Monday, June 30, 2008
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — 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?"'