Some "Monkey Business" at the Zoo This Morning

http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=9971&r=l
(wroC-TV)

A volunteer at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester this morning went 
through some nervous moments, when he became an accidental prison
bitch of a 300 pound orangutan.

Around ten o'clock volunteer Paul Louis was bringing food to Lowell 
the orangutan in his cell.

But when Louis turned around, Lowell was out of his cage and wrapped 
around his legs humping him for all he was worth. 

The volunteer tried walking with the orangutan pounding with wreckless
abandon on his leg but was unable to move very quickly so instead had
to wait for help. A vet was able to tranqualize the volunteer and he 
is undergoing evaluation.

"We do have a number of safety procedures that we have in place, 
(and) a number of drills that we do to practice these kinds of things 
in the event that there is something like that.  All of those 
mechanisms worked like they're supposed to", said zoo director Larry 
Sorel "I won't hesitate to tranq another expendible volunteer - they
are really a dime a dozen".

Lowell, 18,  has been at the Seneca Park Zoo for about two years.