Five chimpanzees broke out from their enclosure at a German animal park
Wednesday, injuring a five-year-old girl and sparking a temporary evacuation of
2,500 visitors. It is thought the five primates used wood that had fallen into
their pen from recent gardening work to climb out and run for freedom at
Hannover's Experience Zoo.

The five-year-old girl sustained light head
wounds after she was apparently knocked down by one of the marauding chimps. She
was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

Four of the five
escapees "had a quick look around and then jumped pretty quickly back into their
compound," said spokeswoman Simone Hagenmeyer. "The fifth and oldest chimp went
off to visit the head gorilla," she said, adding he was a bit harder to cajole
back to captivity.