Devin Villa, department public information officer. Salt Lake Fire Department paramedics, other emergency personnel and two ambulances were dispatched to the zoo at 10:24 a.m., said Capt.
The incident occurred about 10:15 a.m., nearly an hour after the zoo opened, and was restricted to a service area. Dinsmore stressed that the animals never accessed public areas and that patrons were not at risk. Visitors on zoo grounds were escorted inside buildings until all animals were secured, he said. Zookeepers were able to safely contain a third chimpanzee and remove it from the area where the attack occurred, zoo Executive Director Craig Dinsmore said.Įmergency procedures were put into place as soon as staff became aware of the situation, and about 12 zoo employees rushed to the Great Apes Building, Dinsmore said. The two animals were euthanized because of the severity of their injuries, zoo officials said. Two of the chimpanzees (an adult chimp weighs 150 to 200 pounds and stands 3 1/2 to 4 feet in height) were shot when they became dangerously aggressive during the attack. Jamie Bradley, 28, Centerville, was upgraded from critical to fair condition following surgery at University Hospital, and Kimberly Tropea, 35, Salt Lake City, was treated and released.Bradley sustained extensive head, arm and leg lacerations, while Tropea suffered arm lacerations, said hospital spokesman John Dwan. Two Hogle Zoo animal keepers were injured, one critically, when they were attacked Saturday by chimpanzees that escaped their primary enclosure and accessed the employee service area in the Great Apes Building.
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