Some chimps escaped their enclosure in a Zoo outside Gävle (where the christmas goat is burned or not burned every year) so the zookeepers shot some of them. Right now, they’re roaming free inside the building but not in their enclosure. The building is surrounded by zookeepers with guns. The chimps can open locked doors, we are told.
>Annika Troselius, press spokeswoman for the group that operates the Furuvik zoo, told the Expressen daily that the animals had to be euthanized because there was not enough tranquilizer for all of them.
>Four chimpanzees, one of which is wounded, were on the loose inside a building in a Swedish zoo on Thursday, a day after they escaped from their enclosure. Three others have been shot dead.
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>Swedish officials and media said the wounded animal had not received veterinary attention because no one could safely get inside the building at Furuvik zoo.
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>The chimps were inside the monkey house but staff had not been able to get the three uninjured ones back into their enclosure, the animal park said in a statement. The wounded animal returned to its enclosure on its own.
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Some chimps escaped their enclosure in a Zoo outside Gävle (where the christmas goat is burned or not burned every year) so the zookeepers shot some of them. Right now, they’re roaming free inside the building but not in their enclosure. The building is surrounded by zookeepers with guns. The chimps can open locked doors, we are told.
Some sources: https://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/aporna-kan-oppna-lasta-dorrar-skyttarna-redo/
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/gavleborg/nya-forsok-att-ta-sig-in-i-aphuset-under-fredagen
https://apnews.com/article/europe-animals-stockholm-sweden-chimpanzees-ec308be499c2b3adb0002b7fec7d634e
EDIT: UPDATE – the monkeys have been given hot chocolate https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/soker-med-dronare-ska-mata-aporna-bakom-galler/
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They imprisoned their bodies but could never crush their spirits or yearning for freedom. Captains of their souls.
Thank god they did not have a team at the World Cup too /s
hope the monkeys win!
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Chimps escaped, not monkeys.
Hardest choice I’ve had in a week: joke about random chimp event or Monkey Monday starting early
Their former caretaker, who cared for the chimpanzees for over 30 years and knows them well, wants to help. They declined.
[AP](https://apnews.com/article/science-animals-stockholm-sweden-chimpanzees-e59d3ec9f9cad6959d9b9de571fede2b):
>Annika Troselius, press spokeswoman for the group that operates the Furuvik zoo, told the Expressen daily that the animals had to be euthanized because there was not enough tranquilizer for all of them.
That’s terrible. I wonder if they killed [Santino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santino_(chimpanzee))?
**Edit** [this is even worse](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/15/four-chimpanzees-loose-swedish-zoo-day-after-escape):
>Four chimpanzees, one of which is wounded, were on the loose inside a building in a Swedish zoo on Thursday, a day after they escaped from their enclosure. Three others have been shot dead.
>
>Swedish officials and media said the wounded animal had not received veterinary attention because no one could safely get inside the building at Furuvik zoo.
>
>The chimps were inside the monkey house but staff had not been able to get the three uninjured ones back into their enclosure, the animal park said in a statement. The wounded animal returned to its enclosure on its own.
Edit: the escapees apparently are (or *were*) studied by the Cognitive Zoology Group Primate Research Station Furuvik: [biographies](https://www.lucs.lu.se/research/cognitive-zoology-group/primate-research-station-furuvik/primate-research-facilities/)
Is it related to the [Giant Butterfly](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/wwrd0u/huge_butterfly_found_in_stockholm_sweden/)? Or the escaped [King Cobra](https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/10/31/sir-hiss-an-escaped-king-cobra-returns-to-swedish-terrarium-on-its-own)?
Sweden is the first country to see the raise of our new animal overlords.
Good job, cousins.
As far as I can see these animals are being killed. It’s quite disgousting seeing people have so much fun with this.