Baboons escape from research facility at Busy Sydney hospital
- 4 years ago
Chaos at one of Sydney's busiest hospitals as three 'psychotic' BABOONS escape a research centre and run riot around the wards
A group of three baboons are on the loose at one of Sydney's busiest hospitals.
Animal handlers are currently on the scene with police at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at Camperdown in Sydney's inner west.
The three male baboons have been contained to the car park at the hospital after escaping through a truck door when they were being transported to a research centre.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard told The Daily Telegraph: 'There are three baboons who were being transported from their normal colony and the first advice is that there was a failure in the door of the truck.
'They’re baboons as part of the colony that’s been around for about 20 years and they are involved in research, I understand they’re extremely well cared for.'
Dramatic pictures captured the primates wandering on Missenden Road.
A woman told 2GB Radio that her daughter, who is an occupational therapist at Royal Prince Alfred, had helped to wrangle the baboons.
'She texted me, "Mum, they were psychotic",' she said.
The baboons were being transported to a research facility at Royal Prince Alfred.
A NSW Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia the baboons have been contained and police are working with experts to move them to their facility.
The spokesperson said there was no immediate danger to the public.
Baboons have been used in scientific experiments at the hospital in the past.
A group of three baboons are on the loose at one of Sydney's busiest hospitals.
Animal handlers are currently on the scene with police at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at Camperdown in Sydney's inner west.
The three male baboons have been contained to the car park at the hospital after escaping through a truck door when they were being transported to a research centre.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard told The Daily Telegraph: 'There are three baboons who were being transported from their normal colony and the first advice is that there was a failure in the door of the truck.
'They’re baboons as part of the colony that’s been around for about 20 years and they are involved in research, I understand they’re extremely well cared for.'
Dramatic pictures captured the primates wandering on Missenden Road.
A woman told 2GB Radio that her daughter, who is an occupational therapist at Royal Prince Alfred, had helped to wrangle the baboons.
'She texted me, "Mum, they were psychotic",' she said.
The baboons were being transported to a research facility at Royal Prince Alfred.
A NSW Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia the baboons have been contained and police are working with experts to move them to their facility.
The spokesperson said there was no immediate danger to the public.
Baboons have been used in scientific experiments at the hospital in the past.