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Monkey Business
5 February 2015
Vector staff make repairs to damage caused by the collapsed stone wall.
The brigade responded to Auckland Zoo in Western Springs this morning after a boundary stone wall collapsed, damaging a gas main. While firefighters outside the zoo attended to the gas leak, zookeepers inside were concerned about Bonnet-headed Macaque monkeys in an adjacent enclosure. The fear was that some of the animals might have been upset by the noise of the collapsing wall and the smell of the escaping gas. It was quickly ascertained the breached outer wall did not pose a security problem - there was little chance the monkeys could escape - and they were moved to another enclosure. Members cordoned off a section of Motions Road and Old Mill Road until the gas leak was made safe.
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