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23 April 2024

Black bear cub scales 12-foot fence to escape

This June 2016 photo provided by the Columbus Zoo shows a black bear cub named Joan in the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio. Zoo officials in Ohio say a black bear cub briefly escaped its enclosure before being corralled and sedated. A spokeswoman says the Columbus Zoo was put on lockdown Saturday, for a few minutes until workers could contain the bear. (AP)

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A black bear cub scaled a 12-foot fence in its new home at an Ohio zoo and escaped its enclosure for about 15 minutes before being corralled and sedated.

A spokeswoman says the Columbus Zoo was put on lockdown Saturday morning for a few minutes until workers could contain the 7-month-old black cub named Joan.

Two rescue cubs that had arrived just a few months ago were being moved into a new habitat when the one named after rocker Joan Jett got out.

The Columbus Dispatch reports the cub stayed between her habitat and a wolverine exhibit. Employees trapped her inside a building where she was sedated

Just a month ago, a response team at the Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed a gorilla after a boy got inside its enclosure.