A chimp named Zakayo, referred to as the Alpha male, escaped from its sanctuary 1^st April 2007 in Budongo Island causing other chimpanzees to escape in the process while emulating Zakayo. The care takers tried to persuade Zakayo to return to its enclosure in vain until a veterinary doctor sedated Zakayo. After this it was easy to entice the other chimps Amina, Ruth, and Aluma to return back to the enclosure.

In a related incident in June 2006 hordes of villagers in Kitomi-Kakasi village, Bushenyi District were on a mission to rescue a baby boy that was snatched by a chimpanzee from a mother while she was working in her garden