Chimps day out: Pair jumps out of enclosures in city zoo

LUCKNOW: Monday, Lucknow zoo's weekly off, proved fortunate as had visitors including children been around, tragedy would have struck. Chimpanzees came out of their enclosures and put zoo staff on their toes for more than an hour, before they could be pushed back into their cages after being tranquilised.
The chimpanzees, Jason and Nikita, are in cages located right at the centre of the zoo premises.On Monday, the two swung on the branch of a babool tree and came out of their cage.
While the female was lured back into the enclosure by the zoo staff, the male had to be tranquilised. Jason, the male, is slightly aggressive in nature and it took zoo officers and staff about half an hour before they could control the animal.
The zoo officers agreed the incident could have been dangerous had visitors been around. Zoo has several trees surrounding enclosures of animals. The visitors, on any given day, can be seen perched on the over-grown branches.