| RHINOCEROS | Three animals of this species trotted out of Israel's Ramat Gan Safari Park in 2015 while a guard slept |
| ORANGUTAN | In 1985, the San Diego Zoo had to hire rock climbers to figure out how an animal of this species kept escaping |
| SAFARI | Ramat Gan ___ Park: Drivethrough zoo (6) |
| LONGLEAT | Safari park in Wiltshire that opened in 1966 (8) |
| ZOO | Safari park, in effect |
| LEASH | Three animals in the lead (5) |
| HYENA | Any of Scar's three animal goons in The Lion King |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| GUILLEMOT | This bird is the largest of the "auks" at about 45 cm long and 1 kg in weight. The female of this species lays her one egg on the ground, where both parents share incubation duties. They can dive in w |
| GIANTPANDA | Xing Er, a 7-year-old male of this species, escaped his enclosure at the Copenhagen Zoo on June 8; staff captured him by using a tranquilizer dart |
| MOUSEDEER | One of this species might be the smallest hooved mammal in the world (5,4) |
| NOD | Sign of approval in words regularly trotted out (3) |
| DUNLOP | Old pun trotted out by Lesley, who plays Brenda Walker In ITVl soap Emmerdale (6) |
| BOA | Since this species of snake is a constrictor, Mother Nature decided it didn't need fangs |
| ROOTS | Background starts to reveal one of this species (5) |
| HUNTSMAN | The Avondale spider is one of this species (8) |
| WOBURN | Town in Bedfordshire SE of Milton Keynes; location of a safari park |
| TRAPDOOR | Its movement can cause sudden drop in this species of spider |
| GENUS | A certain amount of nitrogen used for this species (5) |
| CELT | Some parcel trotted out for old Brit (4) |
