Escaped circus elephant is recaptured in Switzerland after wading in Lake Zurich

ZURICH — Swiss police say an elephant that escaped from a circus and wandered through Zurich's banking and commercial district has been recaptured.

City police spokesman Michael Wirz said officers chased the elephant through the city for an hour until a keeper was able to control the animal and bring it to safety.

He said nobody was hurt and there were no reports of damage after Sunday's escapade.

Niklaus Leuenberger, a spokesman for the Knie circus, told the Associated Press that Sabu the elephant got loose as she was about to be loaded onto a trailer.

He said her stroll through the city included a brief dip in Lake Zurich.

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-- Associated Press

Photo: Sabu munches a branch on June 7. Credit: Steffen Schmidt / European Pressphoto Agency

Comments

[Parry]

Poor thing. She obviously didn't want to be loaded into the truck "one more time." She was clearly trying to get away from the circus. Circus life is anything but normal or happy for elephants. She should be sent to The Elephant Sanctuary in TN where she would be given over 2700 acres of natural habitat to roam. She would also have a wonderful 25 acre private lake to swim in. Let's get these poor, long-suffering animals out of circuses and zoos. They don't belong there!