Dutch police suspect giraffe for circus breakout

Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:28am EDT
 
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Fifteen camels, two zebras and several llamas and pot-bellied pigs escaped from a circus visiting Amsterdam early on Monday, police said.

"We suspect that a giraffe kicked open a pen," Dutch police said in a statement, adding that the animals did not get far before they were rounded up and returned to the circus.

(Reporting by Emma Thomasson)

 
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