Five lions at Australia's Taronga Zoo in Sydney were able to briefly escape their enclosure in an "emergency situation" due to an issue with a containment fence.

Five lions escaped their enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia on the morning of Nov. 2. Keep reading to find out what happened.

Lions at Taronga Zoo in 2021. Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Taronga Zoo, a zoo in Sydney, Australia, was put into lockdown on Tuesday morning after five lions were found outside their enclosure.

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STORY: Five lions escaped their enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, early on Wednesday (November 2), sending zookeepers scrambling. "They came running down the tent area, saying ...

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