Feb 10, 2015: Fake Animals Fake Escaping From Real Zoos

[gvidas]

In some zoos in Japan and China, staff members perform regular security drills to practice their response to a large animal escape by using costumed zookeepers as the fugitive animals. Individuals in furry costumes or pairs in full-size mockups of larger animals run through zoo property, sometimes inflicting mock injuries, as fellow zookeepers work to surround, subdue, and recapture them.

lots more pics here: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/201...escape/385346/