<div id="subtitle">Hippo that fled its flooded zoo in Montenegro returns home, without incident</div><div><p>In the end, the zoo keeper was right. The 2-ton hippo that escaped from a zoo in Montenegro has returned home, without hurting anyone.</p><p>Some officials said Nikica should be shot and killed when it escaped from a zoo on a small island in a lake, and entered a nearby residential area.</p><p>Flooding had allowed the animal to swim over the cage surrounding its pen, and hippos are considered one of the world's most dangerous species.</p><p>But Dragan Pejovic, the owner of the private zoo, said Nikica was being monitored and returning to the island from time to time to eat bread and hay.</p><p>On Wednesday, 9 days after its escape, Nikica walked through the open door of its gate and returned to its pen.</p><p>Pejovic says he is happy his hippo didn't attack anyone while it was away.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67355613&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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