Sigh. The Animals Win.

It is a sad day indeed. The baboons at Knowsley Safari Park, near Liverpool, England, have opened a zoo. They keep construction workers there.

A band of baboons began screeching and chattering when a team of construction workers commenced work to renovate the primate enclosure at Knowsley Safari Park, close to the city of Liverpool, about 210 miles north of London.

Worried that the baboons would become violent, workers at the animal park — which also houses lions, rhino and elephants — have installed the fence to contain them.

"Because we're effectively in a cage and the animals are free to roam around us, we do feel as though the roles are reversed and we are the exhibit," said Geoff Ames, the construction project manager. "However, we're grateful for the protection." Work to create a new enclosure for the primates will be completed this summer, Ames said.

You feel safe? Is it worth trading your freedom for the occasional banana thrown by the passing baboons? A sad day, indeed.