ST. LOUIS — An Andean bear named Ben who escaped from his enclosure at the St. Louis Zoo earlier this month made another brief escape Thursday afternoon.
The bear, who is 4 years old and weighs about 280 pounds, escaped at about 1 p.m. and was found about 100 feet from his habitat, on a public path of the River’s Edge area of the zoo.
“Zoo staff responded immediately, and he’s now being transported back to his indoor holding area,” zoo spokesman Billy Brennan wrote in a text at 1:45 p.m. “Guests and staff are safe and inside buildings at this time. We expect to have the ‘all clear’ shortly and operate normally.”
