Point Defiance Zoo’s Clouded Leopard Escapes Staff During Outdoor Show in Tacoma

Leopard gets loose at Washington state zoo before returning safely to habitat

An 11-year-old female clouded leopard managed to slip her restraints during a show Friday at a zoo in Washington state and climb into a tree.

Point Defiance Zoo’s clouded leopard escapes staff during outdoor show in Tacoma

The Point Defiance Zoo says one of its clouded leopards, named Orchid, climbed a tree after a Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater show and refused to come down.

Clouded leopard safely returned to Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma after escaping enclosure

A clouded leopard has been safely returned to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma after it escaped its habitat. At 2:23 p.m., the zoo announced that the 11-year-old clouded leopard, Orchid, had been located and returned. All pathways are now open, and no animals, guests, or staff were harmed. The zoo said during an 11:30 a.m. Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater show, Orchid the clouded leopard didn’t return directly to her behind-the-scenes h…

Clouded leopard that escaped keepers at Point Defiance Zoo captured

Orchid has come down from the tree and is back in an enclosure, zoo spokesperson Tessa Miller said.Zoo spokesperson Tessa Miller said Orchid, one of the zoo’s clouded leopards, didn’t return to her home behind the scenes at the zoo’s Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater during the zoo’s daily 11:30 a.m. live animal show. Orchid climbed a tree behind the theater away from guests and is not a danger to guests or zoo staff, Miller told the Tacoma News Trib…