8 times other animals wanted freedom as much as Inky the octopus

[HuckleB]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/15/8-times-other-animals-wanted-freedom-as-much-as-inky-the-octopus/

"Three months ago, after more than a year in a New Zealand aquarium tank, Inky the octopus decided to pursue — or maybe accidentally ended up pursuing, according to one octopus expert — a life of freedom in the Pacific Ocean. It’s a big ocean, so he’s almost certainly gone for good.

Before Inky, however, many other captive animals have tried to make their own great escapes into more human-populated terrain, and a few have been successful. But most that fought the law found that the law won.

...

(My Favorite)

In the steamy summer of 2013, Rusty the red panda was a new kid in town, having come just weeks before from a children’s zoo in Nebraska. And he evidently wanted to explore the nation’s capital. He slipped out of the Smithsonian National Zoo on a Monday morning and immediately became the talk of the town (and the subject of a question at a White House news conference).

But shortly after lunchtime, he’d been done in by Twitter: A family spotted him in Adam’s Morgan and tweeted his photo, then called the zoo. Zoo and Washington Humane Society personnel found him in a tree and nudged him with a pole into a safety net.

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Run, Rusty Run!

[FSogol]

1. They left out Alphie! He was a macaque monkey who escaped from the Pittsburgh Zoo in 1987

and could be seem around town enjoying his freedom for months. I think they recaptured him 6 months later heading to Ohio.

[Scootaloo]

2. Lucky monkey!

Imagine if the poor thing had actually made it to Ohio.

[HuckleB]

4. Wow!

What an awesome addition to the story!

[islandmkl]

3. don't forget the Mystery Monkee of Tampa Bay..aka Cornelius...

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/25/163620501/floridas-mystery-monkey-captured-after-three-years-on-the-lam

http://www.tbo.com/pasco-county/mystery-monkey-of-tampa-bay-now-a-father-20150404/

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/mystery-monkey-is-a-dad/2224158

had his own facebook page...it was a hoot

https://www.facebook.com/MysteryMonkeyOfTampaBay/

[Maru Kitteh]

5. I find this heartbreaking rather than amusing

Animals do feel. They have wants, friendships, fears. I hate zoos.

[DawgHouse]

6. I don't think it actually escaped but the Bronx zoo cobra was missing for a while.

Several twitter accounts popped up, detailing his escapades about town.