Fort Wayne Zoo evacuates exhibit after animal escapes

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Zoo evacuated one of its many exhibits after an animal escaped from its enclosure.

According to the Fort Wayne Zoo, zoo-goers were directed to evacuate the African Savanna exhibit on Friday after a wildebeest escaped from its enclosure in the African Veldt.

The male white-bearded wildebeest is one of the zoo’s most recent animal acquisitions as of July 7, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. As the wildebeest acclimates to its new home, the other animals in the African Veldt are quarantined away from the Veldt…

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