The apes had escaped on Wednesday, with some of them making their way out of the monkey house where they lived.
The three chimpanzees have received food and drink but they need to be treated with antibiotics, Sandra Wilke, CEO of Furuvik zoo, told local newspaper Gefle Tidning on Sunday.
“When they got out of the chimpanzee house, people’s lives were in danger both in the park and the public outside the park. Then it becomes a critical situation and there are no other options than shoot to kill,” Wilke earlier told Swedish news agency TT. “We all feel a huge sadness about what has happened and mourn our beloved chimps Linda, Torsten, Santino and Manda. ... We are very keen to get to the bottom of how this could have happened and the investigation may show where we have or if we could have acted differently.”The Furuvik zoo is located near Gavle, 165 kilometers north of Stockholm. It is part of an amusement park. According to the park’s website, it is also the only primate research station in the Nordic countries.
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