{"id":402422,"date":"2017-07-18T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/baboon-causes-power-cut-in-zambia\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T08:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T08:42:03","slug":"baboon-causes-power-cut-in-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/baboon-causes-power-cut-in-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Baboon causes power cut in Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/4580249802105_8995269947374.jpg.pagespeed.ce.NI_VITKY3P.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bamboo\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"64104986\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>It caused the blackout on Sunday morning by climbing into the power station and pulling at the lines.<\/p>\n<p>The baboon survived the \u201cmassive electric shock\u201d that would have killed a human being, a power company spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>A person would also have been prosecuted, Henry Kapata added.<\/p>\n<p>The baboon was rescued by a wildlife organisation and is now recovering but has \u201cserious wounds\u201d, he told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The power station is in the Zambian tourist city of Livingstone, where it is common for wild animals to be roaming around as it near a national park, the BBC\u2019s Kennedy Gondwe says.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity has now been restored to the affected customers in Livingstone and the nearby Western Province.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar incident last year, a monkey caused a nationwide power outage in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/_96969965_baboon.jpg\" alt=\"The baboon lying in a truck\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1295338086\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The baboon did survive its injuries<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity. 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