this was a nice story to read. much happier than most news



(CNN) -- Fifteen camels, several llamas and a potbellied pig broke out of a circus near Amsterdam on Monday. The ringleader? A giraffe who bolted, too.

Police said the giraffe kicked open a fence and walked out.

"The other animals walked out with him," said Amsterdam police spokesman Rob Van Der Veen.

The animals were part of a traveling circus that had set up its tents in the city of Amstelveen, six miles outside the Dutch capital.

They made their break about 5:45 a.m., wandering about a residential street and riling up a neighborhood dog, police said.

Officers and circus employees rounded them up before they could get too far and returned them to their pens.

"It must have been a funny sight," Van Der Veen said. "Waking up in the morning and looking out the window to see those animals walk through the streets."

I hope they all got taken care of gently and without incident!! It must have been quite a sight!!

morning suzette yeah i hope they got treated well. oh yes i would have loved to see the renagade animals lol

Would it not have been hilarious if the giraffe stuck its head in an open bedroom window?

In a way I feel badly for circus animals. They are not free to be who they really are, then again, they are out of the perils of the danger of thier natural habitat.

Lindyy

Happy giraffe day then ...!

Giraffes are cool!!