AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.
Police spokesman Arnout Aben says the animals wandered in a group through a nearby neighborhood for several hours after their 5:30 a.m. breakout.
From a Associated Press wire story. I know I said I was boycotting AP, but when a story this big comes up, I think the public’s need to know trumps any moral quibbles about the fair use bastardy of our corporate overlords.
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