A 3-year-old giraffe named Msituni jumped her enclosure to get a nibble of a nearby mesquite tree.
A giraffe at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, decided to familiarize herself with the neighborhood.
On Wednesday, March 5, Msituni, a three-year-old female reticulated giraffe, escaped from her enclosure at the Reid Park Zoo just before 9 a.m., when doors open for visitors. The incident led to the park delaying its opening by 90 minutes.
According to a press release from the zoo obtained by PEOPLE, Msituni hopped over the fence of her enclosure, took a stroll, and nibbled on a nearby mesquite tree. “We went into our normal emergency procedures that we practice all the time,” Nancy Kluge, president and CEO of Reid Park, told KGUN 9 News …