Dumbo-struck: Sabu takes an evening stroll down a main street in the Swiss city of ZurichAn elephant sparked panic in Zurich, Switzerland, when it escaped from a zoo and spent two hours walking through the city's streets.
The 5-ton male named Sabu evaded his handlers at a circus as he was being loaded on to a lorry.
He walked into the city where he bathed in a lake before heading up the main Bahnhofstrasse towards the railway station.
In the swim: After Sabu had wandered through the streets of Zurich, he came across Lake Geneva and decided to take a dipPolice closed roads and passers-by fled in terror as specialist vets tracked the 10ft high elephant on Sunday afternoon.
He was finally lured into the back of a lorry and returned to his owners at the travelling Circus Knie.
A Zurich police spokesman said afterwards: 'The elephant was walking slowly and calmly through the city.
'He didn't run, didn't chase anyone, he caused very little damage and no one was hurt.
'But it was still a frightening sight for many people, who are clearly unused to seeing such a large animal on the loose.'
Home, safe and sound: Circus director Franco Knie poses with female elephant Sabu after she was recaptured and returned to his caresource: dailymail
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