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A 17-year-old research chimpanzee considered dangerous because he is not domesticated escaped briefly Friday from his enclosure at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center facility in Bastrop.



The chimp named Jake was found on the 381-acre property around noon. A team of veterinarians and caregivers sedated Jake and returned him safely to his enclosed area, said M.D. Anderson spokeswoman Wendy Gottsegen. She said he never left the property and no one was injured.

Center officials and the Bastrop County Sheriff's Department searched for the chimp, who escaped from his enclosure about 9 a.m. at the Michale Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research.



There was no word on how the research animal escaped. At one point he was seen heading north toward Camp Swift, a National Guard post in the area, Gottsegen said.

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