A wild boar escaped from a stable in the Poznań Old Zoo. Visitors were evacuated while the animal was caught. The zoo was closed for an hour.
The incident occurred on Friday morning at the Old Zoo on Zwierzyniecka Street in Poznań. The garden has been operating as an animal park for years, and admission is free. It is a popular place for walks with children.
– The wild boar was frightened by the sound of the saw and decided to have a nice time in another part of the zoo. As a result, he got out of the stable unnoticed – says Anna Niewiada, manager of the Old Zoo in Poznań.
A recording of a wild boar running around the zoo appeared on Instagram by user @poznanmoment.
People were evacuated
As Niewiada reports, the zoo was closed for an hour. – We evacuated people in a polite manner, and there weren't many of them. We caught the wild boar and transported this naughty boy back to his stable. He's content and happy, and the saws have stopped working – he says.
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As the director of the Old Zoo adds, the animal did not pose a major danger and the evacuation was preventive.
Read also about other escapes from the Poznań Zoo: THE ELEPHANT WAS DEMOLITATING THE CITY, THE MONKEY WAS RUNNING WITH A RIFLE
No one was hurt
– Our wild boars are tame and harmless to humans. Nothing happened to anyone here, neither visitors nor employees. While waiting for the vet, because we had to let him sleep for a while, we lay with him and petted him and calmed him down – he reports.
River boar from the Old Zoo (2017)Poznan Zoo
The river pig is a species of pig native to Africa. It weighs between 45 and 115 kilograms, being the smallest pig on the continent. Wild pigs feed mainly on plants – roots, tuberous plants, fruits, although they sometimes reach for carrion and small game.
River boar in the Poznań Old Zoo (2017)Zoo in Poznań
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