Zoo’s Cheetah Gets 15 Minutes of Freedom
Associated Press
CINCINNATI —
Some visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo got a closer look at a cheetah than they probably wanted.
Casper, the 4-year-old cat, somehow escaped from its stone-walled exhibit over the weekend and roamed free for about 15 minutes.
Casper apparently was so unnerved by the unfamiliar surroundings that he waded into a shallow lake, looking for refuge on a small island, a curator said. The animal was shot with a tranquilizer dart and carried off on a stretcher.
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