Idiots at work!

This is in this mornings edition of the Baraboo News Republic.


Vandals try to release animals in Wis. zoo
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- Vandals tried to release the animals at the Irvine Park Zoo in Chippewa Falls by cutting locks and prying open fences, prompting officials to close the park to vehicle traffic on Wednesday.
Chippewa Falls Parks and Recreation Director William Faherty says the overnight release of the animals was intentional. As of Wednesday afternoon, most of them were back in the enclosures. A porcupine and two other small animals were missing. One animal was in a tree.
At 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, a passer-by found the gate to the buffalo exhibit was open. Faherty says the eight buffalo had wandered as far as the beer dens before returning to their area to feed. They were secured after that.
Another zoo worker says there was damage to the lower fences holding porcupines and coatimundi.