Call him Puiwa the Repeat Offender.

The chimpanzee who caused a brief ruckus at Honolulu Zoo on Sunday when he scaled a 15- to 20-foot cement wall at the back of the chimp exhibit before jumping into a nonpublic enclosure was the same juvenile male who escaped the exhibit and had to be tranquilized in 2014.

Sunday’s incident, which lasted about 13 minutes just before noon, did not spill over into any public areas, and no one was ever in any danger, Assistant Zoo Manager Linda Santos told reporters at a news conference Monday. Visitors were shepherded away from the exhibit as the event unfolded, however, and the exhibit is closed indefinitely while zoo officials determine what improvements can be made to prevent a recurrence, she said.

Puiwa, 17, is one of two juvenile males among eight chimps at the zoo.

“He’s the rock climber in the group,” Santos said.

Chunks of concrete found on the floor of the exhibit provided proof that Puiwa had created a finger hole within the back wall that gave him enough leverage to jump to the top of the fence, she said. It is unknown whether Puiwa came into contact with two electrical wires placed at the top of the wall used to discourage the chimps from climbing up there.

“We have teenagers within the group of chimps, and so they’re showing their dominance or assertiveness within the troupe,” Santos said.

Some modifications were made to the chimp area after Puiwa’s last escape — including smoothing out and raising the height of some of the walls, but no improvements were made to the back cement wall that he scaled Sunday because it was already smooth, Santos said. Zoo officials inspect each facility daily, so it’s suspected Puiwa created the finger hole that morning, she said.

Born and raised in Honolulu Zoo, Puiwa is among the males under consideration for an exchange program that will send him to another animal facility for breeding.

“We do have a lot of young males,” Santos said.

Sunday’s incident, however, will not have any bearing on whether Puiwa will be the one shipped out, she said.

“The only reason he would be placed is because he’s a viable male that would be good for the gene pool of the species for conservation efforts,” she said.

Santos said Sunday’s incident will not have an impact on the city’s quest to regain accreditation of the zoo from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. AZA officials stripped Honolulu of its accreditation in March 2016, citing the lack of a consistent funding source for capital improvements as its main concern.

City officials are hoping that a Honolulu Charter amendment requiring a percentage of city funds go to the zoo will ease that concern.

Manoa resident Ali Ward and her toddler son were with friends enjoying a playground portion of the zoo Monday. Ward shrugged off the incident, saying Sunday’s news only served to remind her to take advantage of their family pass. She figures that if anything, zoo staff would have beefed up security measures to avoid a repeat, she said.

The Wards usually visit the zoo about twice a month. “It’s clean and it’s well kept,” Ward said.

In other zoo news, the city formally announced Sunday that it is recruiting for a new zoo director. Former Administrator Baird Fleming resigned effective Nov. 30. He was the zoo’s fifth leader to resign in seven years, another issue cited by the AZA for stripping Honolulu’s accreditation.

Fleming’s title was administrator, but the position now being recruited is for a director, which will require applicants to be skillful both with zoo operations and administrative functions, said city Deputy Enterprises Director Tracy Kubota.

The job pays between $102,192 and $170,100 annually. Applications with be accepted online only through 11:59 p.m. June 5. A new leader is expected by the end of the summer.