Three baboons escaped from a research facility and were on the loose in a carpark near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney's inner west this evening.
A NSW Police spokeswoman told news.com.au that officers were called to a carpark on Missenden Rd and Lucas St, Camperdown just before 5.30pm afterreports three baboons had escaped while being transported.
Footage obtained by Nine News shows three baboons making their way towards a parked ambulance while passersby look on in amazement.
In a Twitter post shortly before 7pm, NSW Police said the situation was under control.
Earlier, a woman told 2GB that her daughter, who worked at the hospital, had seen the baboons.
"My daughter is an occupational therapist at RPA and she said "yes mum I just helped wrangle them," she said to 2GB.
It's not the first time animals have been loose in Sydney's inner west.
In 2014, water buffaloes broke free while filming a Korean Samsung commercial and travelled for more than two kilometres before being caught by authorities.
