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Security video captures elephant’s great escape from zoo enclosure
Alice escaped through a 20-year-old fence section undergoing repairs and was safely recalled by staff within 10 minutes using trained recall methods.
- On Sunday morning, Alice, a 52-year-old Asian elephant, escaped her habitat at the BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque and wandered into a public area before safely returning to her enclosure.
- The section of fence Alice breached was a water pond gate that officials said had not been updated in nearly 20 years, creating the vulnerability.
- BioPark Zoo staff responded within 10 minutes, using a trained recall method to guide Alice back to her secure habitat. The zoo confirmed no guests were present and no staff faced harm.
- Director Brandon Gibson announced the zoo reinforced the damaged section with additional steel and pillars, upgrading it to what he called 'Alice proof' while monitoring for other weak points.
- Gibson maintained the incident demonstrated that BioPark Zoo's safety measures functioned as intended, and the facility remains a secure place for visitors despite the brief Sunday escape.
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Elephant Escape Delays Opening at New Mexico Zoo
A zoo in Albuquerque postponed its opening Sunday morning after an Asian elephant briefly left her enclosure and wandered onto a public walkway. According to Brandon Gibson, executive director of ABQ BioPark, staff discovered Alice, a 52-year-old Asian elephant, outside her habitat at 7:30 a.m. "She was able to breach a section of stationary steel.
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