KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City Zoo officials will investigate how two of the zoo's gorillas got into a non-public feeding area, prompting employees to briefly move into secure areas.
Zoo officials say visitors were never in danger Sunday while the western lowland gorillas roamed from their enclosed exhibit into a zookeeper area for about three hours. Visitors were kept in secure areas for about a half hour before being allowed to leave.
Zoo director Randy Wisthoff says zoo employees eventually used water hoses to push the two male gorillas, which both weigh more than 400 pounds, back into their habitat.
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