zoo rage

n. Extreme anger or aggression exhibited by a zoo animal towards zoo visitors.

Examples

2008

An angry chimp fired stones at zoo visitors after being wound up by teasing crowds. Mithu Mondal, 30, and her six-year-old daughter Nikita were hurt after being targeted by Babu, a male chimpanzee.

—“Chimp's zoo rage,” The Sun, December 16, 2008

1998 (earliest)

Zoo rage: A chain-smoking chimpanzee kept as an attraction at a
Mexico water park attacked a teen-ager who was cleaning his cage,
seriously injuring the youth.

—“The Americas,” Orange County Register, July 16, 1998

Filed Under

pets and animals anger and anxiety

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Posted: September 07, 1996