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Sick of lockdown: Panda escapes confinement in Copenhagen zoo

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/06/09/panda.jpg"/><figcaption>A panda bear walks around in its enclosure at the Copenhagen Zoo on May 25, 2020 which partially reopened following its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thibault Savary, AFP</figcaption></figure></div>COPENHAGEN - Humans are not the only ones tiring of confinement during the coronavirus pandemic -- a panda escaped from his enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo on Monday.Xing Er, a 6-year-old male panda -- soon to be 7 -- then took a tour of the zoo, which was closed at the time. He was spotted on a surveillance video &quot;leaving his enclosure, slipping under an electric fence&quot;, zoo spokesman Jacob Munkholm Hoeck told AFP. The animal wandered around the zoo until an employee noticed it and called a security team. &quot;The veterinarian of the zoo anesthetized the panda and he was brought back to the enclosure,&quot; Hoeck said.&quot;There he was given an antidote and woke up a couple of minutes later.&quot;Xing Er was not harmed and there were no human injuries. Bengt Holst, the zoo&#x27;s chief scientist, said in a statement that security around the enclosure will be &quot;carefully examined&quot; to &quot;make sure (it) doesn&#x27;t happen again&quot;. Xing Er and his female mate Mao Sun -- who did not take part in his escape -- arrived in Denmark in April 2019, on loan from the Chinese city of Chengdu.They are a part of the &quot;panda diplomacy&quot; program set up by China which consists of lending pandas in order to foster relations with trading partners. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/07/20/giant-pandas-ying-ying-and-le-le-mate-for-the-first-time-at-hong-kongs-ocean-park">Giant pandas Ying Ying and Le Le mate for the first time at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/26/20/europe-lifts-virus-shutters-as-japan-ends-emergency">Europe lifts virus shutters as Japan ends emergency</a></li></ul><div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Humans are not the only ones tiring of confinement during the coronavirus pandemic -- a panda escaped from his enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo on Monday.

Humans are not the only ones tiring of confinement during the coronavirus pandemic -- a panda escaped from his enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo on Monday.