'Psychotic' Baboons on the Loose in Sydney
At least three baboons have escaped a medical research facility near Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
At least three baboons have escaped a medical research facility near Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Witnesses called Ben Fordham’s 2GB program to report wild simian scenes. One woman said the creatures were “psychotic”:
#EXCLUSIVE | @BenFordham receives reports on @2GB873 about several baboons on the loose near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
— Ben Fordham Live (@BenFordhamLive) February 25, 2020
Listeners Michael & Trisha tell @BenFordham what they saw and heard.#BaboonWatch pic.twitter.com/AX1wpEUR51
UPDATE. All the latest baboon escape details:
A male baboon being transported for a vasectomy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital made a late break for freedom and went on the run with his two wives on Tuesday, sparking a wild hunt in Sydney’s inner west.
The large male and two smaller female baboons broke free from a truck as it was delivering them to a medical research facility in the RPA grounds at Camperdown.
Eyewitnesses filmed the primates as they ambled into the Queen Elizabeth II carpark at the hospital where police rapidly sealed the entrance with a tarpaulin until expert animal handlers from Taronga Zoo arrived to capture them.
Everybody enjoyed this diversion, especially those with ringside seats:
Patients from the neighbouring Marie Bashir centre for mental health crowded by the windows and were seen laughing and high-fiving as the baboons escaped.
NSW Police took the opportunity to spray the community with punfire:
This is not a Mandrill! Earlier this afternoon, a troop of baboons escaped from a facility and were going bananas in Camperdown. Police and wildlife handlers now have the situation under control, so please let them do their job and don't be tempted to pry, mates.
— NSW Police Force (@nswpolice) February 25, 2020
Here’s the deal, coppers. You just keep arresting people. We’ll make the terrible jokes. Do we have an understanding?