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Animal Escapes

One recaptured.

Penrith gamekeeper finds one of two escaped porcupines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-23530439

The elder porcupine is the size of a small dog

One of two porcupines that escaped from an animal sanctuary in Cumbria has been recaptured.

The father and son pair chewed their way out of an enclosure at Wetheriggs Animal Rescue and Conservation Centre in Penrith on Wednesday.

The elder animal was later spotted by a gamekeeper at Cliburn Moss, who then alerted staff at the centre.

Director Terry Bowes repeated a public warning that the missing six-week-old animal should not be "cornered".

The centre, which is home to about 1,200 animals, took delivery of a family of three porcupines earlier this week.

The father and son managed to get out of a temporary enclosure which was being used while a more permanent structure is built.

Mr Bowes said it was possible the baby porcupine was still within the grounds of the sanctuary, but that the public needed to be aware of the potential danger if the animal was approached and felt threatened.

He said while the animals, which feed on vegetation, are not naturally aggressive, they would "spike" anyone who made them feel threatened by running backwards into them.

Some porcupine quills can be up to 12in long.
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Escaped camels recaptured in north Dublin
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/ ... -1.1556350
Animals were spotted wandering through Charlestown area of the city

A photograph of one of the camels wandering at the side of the road in north Dublin today as seen from a passing car. Photograph/Brendan Hurley via Twitter

A photograph of one of the camels wandering at the side of the road in north Dublin today as seen from a passing car. Photograph/Brendan Hurley
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Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 15:22

A number of camels that escaped from a circus in Finglas in north Dublin earlier today have been recaptured.

The animals were spotted wandering through the Charlestown area of the city near North Rd and St Margaret’s Rd this morning, prompting AA Roadwatch to issue an alert to motorists in the area.

A short time later it issued an update stating that gardaí had recaptured the animals.
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Escaped monkey shot with stun gun in Newtownabbey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24679048

The monkey was captured with the assistance of the Northern Ireland Fire Service

A monkey that escaped from Belfast zoo has been recaptured, after zoo staff shot it with a tranquilliser gun.

The animal fell from a tree after it was sedated by zoo staff at Gideon's Green in Newtownabbey, County Antrim.

A hydraulic lift, supplied by the fire service, was used to help zoo keepers reach the monkey in the trees.

It was one of six lion-tailed macaques that escaped from the zoo on Monday. Five have now been recaptured but one monkey is still missing.

Up to 12 zoo staff arrived in Gideon's Green after the monkey was spotted up a tree on Friday afternoon.

A large crowd gathered to watch their attempts to capture the animal.

After it was shot with the tranquilliser, the monkey fell down through several branches of the tree.

Firefighters recovered the unconscious animal from one of the branches and brought it down to safety.

A hydraulic lift, supplied by the fire service, was used to help zoo keepers reach the monkey in the trees
A hydraulic lift, supplied by the fire service, was used to help zoo keepers reach the monkey
The missing macaques had been spotted several times in the north Belfast and Newtownabbey areas over recent days.

On Thursday, one of the monkeys was captured by zoo keepers in the grounds of Belfast Castle.

It tried to run before it could be sedated but one of the zoo staff caught the animal and "rugby tackled" it to the ground.

Another escaped macaque scaled a "peace line" fence outside a primary school in Newtownabbey.

It was spotted, perched on the peace line, during the school run on Thursday morning.

Children at Hazelwood Integrated primary school, on the Whitewell Road, enticed the monkey down from the fence by offering it bananas.

However, the animal took the bananas and escaped before zoo staff arrived.
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On-the-run Colchester Zoo wolf shot dead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25091939

One of the timber wolves in the enclosure at Colchester Zoo

A wolf that was on the run after escaping from its enclosure at an Essex zoo has been shot dead.

The animal - said to be a danger to the public - was one of five timber wolves that escaped from Colchester Zoo.

Zoo staff found the perimeter fence damaged on Tuesday morning and five of the six wolves were missing.

One returned, another was shot with a tranquiliser dart and two more were shot dead but the fifth animal escaped from the zoo grounds.

It was later spotted from a police helicopter in hedgerow just outside the perimeter fence.

An area was cordoned off and the wolf was shot dead by a member of zoo staff on Tuesday afternoon.

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In a statement, the zoo said the wolves had to be shot as they were a danger to the public.

"Unfortunately, an anaesthetic dart takes 15 minutes to take effect and may not work at all in a stressed animal so two wolves that had left the perimeter of the zoo had to be shot," she said.

"They are wild animals and in an unpredictable situation they would have posed a risk to the public.

"The remaining wolf has now been located and very sadly also had to be destroyed."

The statement said the damage to the fence of the wolf enclosure was discovered at 07:30 GMT on Tuesday.

"It is not known at this stage how the damage occurred, despite the fence being routinely checked on a daily basis," it added.

Bryony Williams left the zoo with her children after learning there was a wolf on the loose.

"It's not much fun trying to keep an eye on them (the children) and looking around. Had I been by myself it might have been an adventure."

The lower half of the zoo was closed off in response to the escape as a "precaution", the zoo said.
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Wallabies escape from private land in Clough, County Down
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-26522922

A wallaby and its joey

Wallabies, like kangaroos, are marsupials

Two wallabies have escaped from privately-owned land in County Down and police have warned the public not to approach the animals.

The adult female wallaby and her joey have been missing since Friday but police were notified on Monday.

The animals escaped from land on the Knocksticken Road outside the village of Clough.

The mother is described as just over two feet in height and her baby is white in colour.

Officers have advised residents in the area that if they see the animals they should ring police on 0845 600 8000.

Wallabies, like kangaroos, are marsupials and both species are native to Australia.

They are closely related, but adult kangaroos are larger than wallabies.

They can also be identified via their teeth, which are different as kangaroos mainly eat grass while wallabies mostly eat leaves.
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They can also be identified via their teeth, which are different as kangaroos mainly eat grass while wallabies mostly eat leaves.
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I'll be sure to remember this! If I see what might be a wallaby in the area but on closer inspection it has a kangaroo's gnashers, I won't bother to call the police. This is not the macropod you're looking. He can go about his business.
 
Recently I saw a report of kangaroos eating a (hopefully) dead penguin. But could it have been wallabies?
 
Plus it can be hard to pick scale. Was it a Fairy Penguin or an Emperor? Are they sure it wasn't an Auk?

There are, actually, a lot of morphological differences between wallabies and kangaroos. Roos tend to be leaner as well as bigger, being more adapted to dry grasslands while wallabies tend to live in less open spaces. Wallabies tend to have thicker fur. There are a few things I'd check before I went for the teeth. Height being the most obvious.
 
Plus, wallabies are dead cute. I'm not sure how zoologists measure that quality. I'd measure it in mouse lemurs. Wallabies are 13 MLs cute.
 
Sadly they are dead.

Escaped wallabies found dead in Clough, County Down
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-26568721

A wallaby and its joey

Wallabies, like kangaroos, are marsupials

Two wallabies who escaped from privately-owned land in County Down have been found dead.

The animals escaped from land on the Knocksticken Road outside the village of Clough on Monday.

The mother, who was carrying her joey in her pouch, had become trapped between a wall and a tank on adjacent land.

Initial searches had failed to spot them as they were hidden from view, but they were found on Thursday.

The family that owns the animals said they were "sad but relieved that the search is over", and they thanked people who had helped out.

Wallabies, like kangaroos, are marsupials and both species are native to Australia.

However, this is not the first time that wallabies have been on the loose in Northern Ireland.

Almost two years ago, a wallaby went walkabout in Tyrone after burrowing out of his enclosure.

He turned up a few weeks later in County Londonderry.
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Missing vulture Gandalf found on Scots island of Islay

A vulture that went missing from a bird of prey centre in North Lanarkshire has been found about 100 miles away on the island of Islay.
The bird, called Gandalf, disappeared from the World of Wings centre in Cumbernauld on 23 March.
There had been no confirmed sightings until a farmer on the Hebridean island spotted the vulture on his farm.

Gandalf was caught by a local bird expert and is being returned home. The vulture was hungry but unharmed.
She had been chased away from the skies above Cumbernauld by three buzzards who attacked as the vulture performed an aerial display.

It was the second time that Gandalf, a Ruppell's Griffon Vulture, native to Africa, had vanished from World of Wings.
The bird, which has a 10.5ft wingspan and can soar up to 37,000ft, went missing for a week in August 2010.

Gandalf has been the star at the World of Wings centre since 2006, when she was brought from the Sahel region of central Africa as part of a breeding programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-26851585
 
Stonehenge man's missing falcon found on Isle of Wight

A bird of prey that was "days from death" after going missing in Wiltshire is to be reunited with its owner having been rescued on the Isle of Wight.
Zazu, a male gyr-peregrine cross, went missing from Stonehenge on 22 March when it chased a crow.

After ten days its owner, Mike Gale, received a call to say his falcon was 60 miles away in Ventnor.
It had been rescued by Steve Hain of White Falconry, who nursed it back to health.

Mr Hain said: "A member of the public called, saying she could hear bells.
"One of our friends went out there, he's a falconer, so he used a lure to bring the bird in."
After spending an hour contacting other falconers on the island, Mr Hain tried the Independent Bird Register, which helped them trace Mr Gale.
He said: "It's lucky for Mike that he registered the bird - a lot of people don't because it costs money."

The bird, which had removed its transmitter, was very weak and hungry when it was found.
Mr Hain said: "He had quite a mucky beak, which tells us he had been eating bugs. He had a cut on his leg so he was must have been attacked by another bird.
"We spent the last week giving him fluids and wet food. He's had a bath and we've been keeping him warm.
"I reckon he would have been dead in a day and a half had we not found him."

Mr Gale, who adopted three-year-old Zazu eight months ago, said: "I'm rather attached to him.
"I thought I'd never get him back, to be honest."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26875106
 
Dangerous giant bird on the loose in Hertfordshire countryside
The South American rhea, which has claws capable of disembowelling a person, has been spotted roaming around fields
By James Edgar, and Jasper Copping
1:20PM BST 15 Apr 2014

With its reputed ability to disembowel a human with a single blow, it is not the kind of creature one normally expects to encounter in the gentle countryside of the Home Counties.
But a swathe of Hertfordshire is on high alert for a 6ft tall bird which has escaped from its enclosure where it was kept as a pet.

The South American rhea has been on the run for a month, using its top speed of 40mph to successfully evade attempts to capture it.
Jo Clarke, the owner, said she kept four of the animals at her property in Brent Pelham, in the north east of the county, as they are good at eating weeds. The runaway creature, however, fled after apparently being spooked by a local hunt. The rogue animal – a three-year-old female – has been nicknamed “Chris”, by villagers, after the “Road to Hell” singer, Chris Rea. :D

Since escaping, it has been spotted in neighbouring villages up to around five miles away. The flightless bird – about the size of an ostrich – was photographed by Ray Murdoch after he stumbled across it while on a bike ride near to the village of Nuthampstead, last Thursday.
Mr Murdoch, 66, a retired geography teacher said: “In the distance I saw what appeared to be a large bird, the closer I got the more perplexed I got, I thought it was a crane, I got closer, no it isn’t.
“The bird was trotting along just a couple of metres off the road in the edge of a field. As I got closer it kept looking over its shoulder at me. I think the rhea was as amazed to see a cyclist as I was to see a rhea.”

Tim Bradshaw, meanwhile, has spotted the bird near to his home in the village of Anstey, on Sunday. He said: ‘We had heard it was living in the woods near our house so I got my camera – it seemed more scared of me than I was of it.

The creatures are omnivorous, often eating insects and small vertebrates, as well as their preferred large-leafed plants, and they are said to be – usually – of a timid nature. However, the RSPCA have warned locals not to approach the runaway rhea if they spot it. Instead, they should report sightings to the organisation.

If they lash out with their long legs, their six-inch claws are said to be capable of disembowelling a man. They are also noted for pecking at the eyes with their beaks, if riled.
An RSPCA spokesman said: “They look nice but they are so strong it’s unbelievable. They aren’t listed as a dangerous animal but can kill you with one strike of their feet because their claws are six inches long. They will also go for your eyes with their beak.”

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The creature may want to stay one step ahead of the authorities. In 2010, an escaped rhea in Eyke, Suffolk, died after RSPCA experts shot it with a tranquilliser gun and it later suffered a suspected panic attack while recovering from the anaesthetic.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildli ... yside.html
 
Hertfordshire escaped rhea: Threat to kill 'issued'
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds ... s-27095867

People trying to find an escaped 6ft-tall bird capable of running at 40mph say there has been a threat to kill it.

Rita the rhea disappeared from its Jo Clark's small-holding close to the Essex/Hertfordshire border, last month.

It has been spotted in nearby Anstey and at Barkway Park Golf Club, but keeps disappearing.

Searcher Jane Garne said someone rang to say they would shoot it, although Rita's owner said the South American bird was not dangerous.

Jo Clarke
Jo Clarke said her bird was not dangerous, although the RSPCA advice was to ring 101
Rita the rhea
A photograph of Rita was taken in a field in the Brent Pelham area
The RSPCA said: "Rheas are large birds and have the potential to be dangerous as they are strong, fast and have sharp claws.

"Our advice to the general public is keep well away and call us or the police on 101 if they see the bird."

'Upsetting threat'
Ms Garner said: "I have unfortunately had a call and the person told me they had a firearms licence and that he was going to shoot it.

"I implored him not to - it's doing no harm and there are lots of people badly trying to find a way to catch it."

Rheas
Rita shared her pen with three younger rheas which are not fully grown
The rhea, which is similar to an ostrich, is six years old and normally lives with three others rheas on its owner's land at Starling's Green.

"It's upsetting to hear someone say they'd shoot it," Ms Clark said.

"It's gone silly, but it's a large chicken and it isn't going to hurt anybody, I promise you.

"It's been hand-reared and they don't kick, they don't bite and she'll just run away from anyone."

Charmaine Lake, who spotted Rita on the golf course, said she did not feel threatened by the bird.

"She didn't seem like she was going to come charging at me, so I was quite happy," she said.
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Escaped ring-tailed lemur spotted in Sulby driveway

A ring-tailed lemur called Linta who escaped from a wildlife park on the Isle of Man more than a week ago has been spotted for the first time. A motorist saw the missing primate in a driveway in Sulby, and park manager Kathleen Graham said she was probably looking for food. Mrs Graham said the man told her the lemur looked "perky and bright".

Linta was one of two females brought to the Curraghs Wildlife Park last month from a English zoo. The new arrivals had just spent three weeks being bonded with two males in the park's new hospital building.

When the four animals were moved into their outdoor enclosure, surrounded by an electric fence, Linta jumped over it and escaped.
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Mrs Graham said: "They were all getting on fine and we did everything right. She didn't see it as a fence but an obstacle to jump on whilst she established her new territory.

"She will have got little zap but kept going."

Park staff have been searching the surrounding area each day and are now concentrating on the Sulby area.

Mrs Graham said: "She will be missing her bananas and grapes but the park is surrounded by a huge and largely uninhabited area of woodland.

"It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Obviously we don't know if she has gone much further but if anyone spots her please let us know - she is not dangerous and we just want her safe return."

It was hoped the two females would breed with the two males to make a group - although the highly sociable animals are not endangered.

Linta was named after a river in Madagascar where she is originally from.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-is ... n-27111537
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I hope they find Linta. Ring-tails depend on their fellows for warmth over night, and the Isle of Man can get very wet and cold.
 
PeteByrdie said:
I hope they find Linta. Ring-tails depend on their fellows for warmth over night, and the Isle of Man can get very wet and cold.
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Cats will be jealous of his tail.
 
Arrests after wild boars let loose in Maesteg burglary

Police said the boars could attack other livestock

Six people have been arrested after wild boars were released during a burglary at a farm in Bridgend county.

About 21 of the animals could be roaming the area after they were released from their pen following a break-in in Ewenny Road, Maesteg, at 12:30 BST on Sunday.

Police said the farmer holds a dangerous animals licence and had the necessary fencing to prevent escapes.

Anyone who sees the boars is advised not approach them, but to call 101.

South Wales Police said although the animals are not an immediate threat to the public, they may charge anyone who tries to approach them as they will be disorientated and are not used to being out of their pens.

Wild boars are usually nocturnal and can travel up to 30 miles a day searching for food in the early morning or late afternoon and evening.

Inspector Paul Thomas said: "These animals are recognised as posing a potential threat. People should take as much care as possible.

"We are investigating the criminal damage and the release of dangerous wild animals, which can carry a sentence in prison."

'Bad reputation'
Naturalist and broadcaster Iolo Williams, the patron of the Wild Boar Trust said he has tracked wild boar in the Forest of Dean.

"They're fantastic animals, fascinating things. It's important I think that we remember they are a native animal. The Welsh princes used to hunt them so they're part of our heritage really," Mr Williams told BBC Radio Wales.

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All you have to do is just open the door and off they go immediately. They do not want that contact with people”

Iolo Williams
He said people in and around Maesteg have nothing to worry about with the released boars on the loose.

"They have a bad reputation and I don't understand why," said Mr Williams. "They are very secretive, they are very shy and probably the first thing they'll do is they'll head for woodland cover.

"There's quite a bit of woodland up above and at the back of Maesteg there - forestry plantation and I'm pretty sure that's where people will find most of them."

He added: "They're fascinating animals and an important part of the woodland ecology as well. They turf up the woodland floor which helps new plants and flowers grow, which helps insects which helps birds."

Asked whether the wild boar can be a problem if they turn up in a garden, Mr Williams added: "All you have to do is just open the door and off they go immediately. They do not want that contact with people."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south- ... s-27184854
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rynner2 said:
Dangerous giant bird on the loose in Hertfordshire countryside

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildli ... yside.html
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A sad end for Chris:

Runaway rhea, Chris, is shot dead by a gamekeeper
Local gamekeeper said he understood that the police wanted the bird dispatched because they were worried that it could cause a car crash
By Keith Perry and James Edgar
11:02PM BST 09 May 2014

The runaway rhea that has been roaming a golf course for more than a month has finally met its end at the hands of a gamekeeper.

The 6ft South American bird, which was reputedly capable of disembowelling a man with its claws, had become a familiar sight to players at Barkway Park Golf Club near Royston, Herts, after escaping from its enclosure nearby.
But it wandered into Stuart Howe’s rifle sights in a nearby oil seed rape field, and the deer manager killed it with a single shot to the head from 70 yards.
Mr Howe yesterday insisted the bird had not suffered, and said the meat would be made into gourmet sausages. He added that he understood that the police wanted the bird dispatched because they were worried that it could cause a car crash.

Mike Rodgers, the golf club’s captain, said he was sorry the rhea — named Chris after the singer Chris Rea — had been shot. “It’s sad that someone had to shoot it, but if it was a traffic hazard, I understand that,” he said.

“The golfers here sort of adopted it and used to enjoy seeing it grazing near the golf course. We were quite fond of the bird. It was never a particular nuisance and kept well away from golfers.”

Mr Howe, 65, who manages deer and lives in the nearby village of Hare Street, said: “I suppose some people might say it is a shame the rhea is dead but it would be terrible if it caused someone to die in a car crash. I saw the rhea near the roadside at one point and it would easily have caused a car to swerve and hit a tree.
“What’s the life of a bird against the life of a person or family? The police wanted it out of the way and there was no way anyone would be able to capture it.”
Mr Howe, who shot the bird on Monday, said it was also better it was killed by an experienced shot than being injured or subjected to a slow, painful death by a poacher with the wrong type of weapon.

The rhea had become a frequent sight in a small area in north east Hertfordshire, but with a top speed of 45mph, its pursuers have not been able to get close. The RSPCA warned people not to approach the creature.

Insp Paul David of Hertfordshire police said: “I am amazed it survived this long to be honest. It would have been a real problem if it had wandered into the road and posed a traffic hazard. We will have to notify the owner that the bird has been killed.”

Jo Clark, the bird’s owner, was unavailable for comment, but said previously she was worried it would be killed. The former Page Three model and show jumper, 53, said: “I’m absolutely horrified at the thought someone will try to get rid of her because they think she’ll disembowel them with her claws.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... eeper.html
 
USA: An owner of a zoo in the US said a 12in alligator has escaped, possibly with some help from a tortoise.

The alligator named Carlos reportedly got out of an enclosure at the GarLyn Zoo near Naubinway, Michigan. He was spotted by people nearby, who called police, but he was not caught.

Gary Moore, who runs the zoo, says he suspects the alligator slipped under a fence, adding a large tortoise that walks in the area, wearing away dirt, likely was an inadvertent accomplice in Carlos’ getaway.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/quir ... 76864.html
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BEAR ESCAPES HABITAT AT TEXAS ZOO

USA: A black bear who managed to climb out of a Texas zoo exhibit took a dip in a pond with some harbour seals before staffers tranquillised him.

No one was hurt in the incident at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville. Zoo spokeswoman Cynthia Galvan said the 220lb male bear, named Oscar, is staying in his sleeping quarters, out of public view, until repairs are made to cracks in the concrete wall of the bear grotto.

Oscar apparently made his way out by digging his claws into cracks in the wall, Ms Galvan said.

“A zoo visitor witnessed that he was trying to climb the wall, went to report it to one of the zoo employees.”

When staff arrived, Oscar was already out. “He meandered his way through the amphitheatre and into the harbour seals’ pool for a dip,” Ms Galvan said. Staff members contained him within 15 minutes at the pool, she said.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/quir ... 78594.html
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A terrified llama on the loose in a town just outside Manchester managed to evade capture for six hours before being safely guided back home.

Video from Littleborough, a town just outside Rochdale in Greater Manchester, shows the llama galloping down a street and causing cars to slow down and stop as it marches along the middle of a road.

The llama escaped its home after apparently being scared by a dog. Calista, a female rescue llama, and is owned by a local resident. ...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/...ma-brings-traffic-to-a-standstill-304736.html
 
ramonmercado said:
A terrified llama on the loose in a town just outside Manchester managed to evade capture for six hours before being safely guided back home.

Video from Littleborough, a town just outside Rochdale in Greater Manchester, shows the llama galloping down a street and causing cars to slow down and stop as it marches along the middle of a road.

The llama escaped its home after apparently being scared by a dog. Calista, a female rescue llama, and is owned by a local resident. ...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/...ma-brings-traffic-to-a-standstill-304736.html
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An escaped emu ran through traffic on a main road in an Israeli town, weaving between cars in the rain.

Passer-by Iliya Zelser, who filmed the bird’s run in the central town of Herzliya, said the experience made him feel like he was in a cartoon. Mr Zelser said he expected to hear the “beep beep” of the cartoon Road Runner. The 27-year-old said: “I said to myself, ‘in a second, a coyote will appear from behind’. This was a really absurd situation.”

The bird had escaped from a private farm. Authorities caught it and returned it to its owner.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/...k-as-burglar-takes-booze-and-bath-305348.html
 
Hopping mad

AUSTRIA:

A kangaroo is on the loose in snowy Austria, hopping his way toward dispelling a famous slogan.

“No kangaroos in Austria” T-shirts and souvenirs have been big sellers for years in the alpine nation, since some people confuse Austria with Australia.

Anton the kangaroo bounded away from his owner several weeks ago and has been living rough since, disappearing into forested land every time someone tries to capture him. He is expected to be fit enough and to have enough food to make it through the winter.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/...john-kerry-hit-with-pavement-fine-309946.html
 
A police horse carried out an unscheduled patrol through Cleveland in the US before officers recaptured it.

Police spokesman Sergent Ali Pillow said Jack, a horse with the department’s mounted unit, was tied up at Erie Street Cemetery when he broke free.

The Northeast Ohio Media Group said Jack galloped through Playhouse Square, then headed toward Lake Erie before police caught up with him.

Pillow said Jack stayed on the street during his escape but did not stop at red lights.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/...tient-after-7m-lottery-ticket-win-320682.html
 
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