Alice, a 52-year-old female Asian elephant living at a New Mexico zoo, got through a fence and escaped her habitat this past weekend, delaying the zoo’s opening.
Officials at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, 400 miles northeast of Phoenix, said security staff spotted Alice outside the habitat at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, 90 minutes before the zoo’s scheduled opening time for the day.
In her time outside the habitat, but still inside the zoo grounds, Alice ate from nearby trees and plants. After 10 minutes or so, zookeepers were able to arrive and call Alice back into the elephant enclosure…