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Animal Escapes

Pig caught by police. It being Norfolk they'll probably have a barbecue.

A hungry pig was apprehended by police after being spotted munching its way through several gardens.

The escaped portly porker was found in the Southtown area of Great Yarmouth on Saturday.

Norfolk Police officers said "it seemed a bit harsh to arrest the pig for criminal damage" and, as they could not find his owner, it was taken in by Hillside Animal Sanctuary.

Staff there said the pig was probably a pet but it had not yet been claimed.

"It's very friendly, but it doesn't have an identifying ear tag so we don't know who it belongs to," a spokeswoman said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-62559939
 
ramonmercado said:
Pig caught by police. It being Norfolk they'll probably have a barbecue.

A hungry pig was apprehended by police after being spotted munching its way through several gardens.

The escaped portly porker was found in the Southtown area of Great Yarmouth on Saturday.

Norfolk Police officers said "it seemed a bit harsh to arrest the pig for criminal damage" and, as they could not find his owner, it was taken in by Hillside Animal Sanctuary.

Staff there said the pig was probably a pet but it had not yet been claimed.

"It's very friendly, but it doesn't have an identifying ear tag so we don't know who it belongs to," a spokeswoman said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-62559939
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This might be the zombie pig that escaped from a lab.
 
Bull of Bashan

A bull ran through the streets of Israel – and an office building – for half an hour as it evaded capture after escaping from its pen.

Bank Leumi said the animal entered its offices in an industrial zone in the city of Lod, near Tel Aviv, early on Monday.

Amateur videos showed residents scurrying for safety as the bull roamed the streets.

Several cars appear to have been damaged, and the bull nearly gored one man who got too close.

Inside the building, the animal slid around the tiled floors as it ran through a hallway with several men chasing it.

The men unsuccessfully attempted to capture it with a makeshift lasso — a piece of rope that quickly frayed.

After being chased out of the bank offices, the bull was tranquillised by city veterinary employees and taken from the area.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40945247.html
 
Hopped off.

Attempts to find an on-the-run wallaby that got out of its enclosure on Sunday are continuing in County Tyrone.

The marsupial - one of two that live at Glenpark Estate near Omagh - escaped by leaping over a fence after reportedly becoming startled. It was last seen on the Gortin Road in Omagh on Sunday evening.

Speaking on Tuesday morning, owner of Glenpark Estate, Richard Beattie, said park staff are continuing efforts to locate the missing marsupial. A team of eight are searching an area with a half-mile radius around the park, he said. Mr Beattie said he remained confident the wallaby would be found.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-62645920
 
ramonmercado said:
Hopped off.

Attempts to find an on-the-run wallaby that got out of its enclosure on Sunday are continuing in County Tyrone.

The marsupial - one of two that live at Glenpark Estate near Omagh - escaped by leaping over a fence after reportedly becoming startled. It was last seen on the Gortin Road in Omagh on Sunday evening.

Speaking on Tuesday morning, owner of Glenpark Estate, Richard Beattie, said park staff are continuing efforts to locate the missing marsupial. A team of eight are searching an area with a half-mile radius around the park, he said. Mr Beattie said he remained confident the wallaby would be found.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-62645920
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Fortunately she wasn't eaten by the locals.

An on-the-run wallaby that got out of its enclosure on Sunday has been found safe and well in County Tyrone.
Marsupial Winnie - one of two of the animals who live at Glenpark Estate near Omagh - escaped by leaping over a fence after becoming startled.
She was found late on Wednesday less than 1000 yards from where she had escaped, her owners said.
Owner of Glenpark Estate, Richard Beattie, told BBC News NI he was "over the moon to have her back".
Mr Beattie said he would like to thank those who has supported the search for the "little rascal on her little adventure".
"We couldn't be happier, and can whole heartedly assure you Winnie is none the worse after the great escape," he said.

Wallabies, which are native to Australia, are smaller than kangaroos and are about 1m (3ft) tall on average.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-62672629
 
Tiger on the loose

It escaped from a private zoo/collector in Ukraine & has since been seen in neighbouring Slovakia.

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Firefighters rescue horse from sink hole

Near Darlington, Co Durham.

In the end, firefighters from County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue managed to get it back to safety by digging out a channel.

This created a step at the field in Cockfield Fell, which the horse could use to hop out of the hole on its own.

It was then seen running free after its lucky escape.
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Taronga Zoo sits on a small peninsula in the exclusive suburb of Mosman that juts into Sydney Harbour, it's surrounded by other upmarket residential suburbs, so the potential for this to go bad is, let's say, serious.

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Just to show you how close to the city it is, although on the other side of the harbour from the CBD.

Five lions escape enclosure at Taronga Zoo, Code 1 issued as cops called​

Five lions briefly escaped their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo this morning, triggering a ‘Code One’ alert with staff urged to retreat to ‘safe havens’.
The alarm was sounded at around 7.30am after a construction worker reportedly made the discovery. Locals in the neighbouring suburb of Mosman also reported hearing the alarm.

Police and staff were seen inside the lion enclosure inspecting a boundary fence facing the water’s edge in Mosman. Authorities were called to the zoo at 7.10am before the Code One alert was issued 20 minutes later.
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https://www.news.com.au/travel/trav...d/news-story/393ef403a7327cafac3134271ee16b4b
 
Thousands of mink were released from an Ohio mink farm - possibly by animal rights activists. It's not clear the mink that managed to avoid being slaughtered on local roads can survive in the wild. The suddenly wintry cold weather in the region doesn't bode well, either.
Some 10,000 mink loose, missing after vandalism at Ohio farm

Vandalism freed thousands of mink at a rural northwest Ohio farm, leaving an estimated 10,000 of the small carnivorous mammals unaccounted for Tuesday evening ...

So many minks were killed crossing a nearby road that a plow was brought in to help clear the carcasses away, said Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas Riggenbach.

The property owner initially estimated 25,000 to 40,000 mink were released from their cages at Lion Farms, Riggenbach said. But he said employees at the farm were able to corral many of the ones that remained on the property ...

He declined to discuss any potential motive for the overnight vandalism or say whether any suspect has been identified as his office investigates.

A farm manager told WANE-TV that someone left a spray-painted message of the letters “ALF” and the phrase “we’ll be back.” ...

A group known as the Animal Liberation Front had previously claimed credit for releasing a much smaller number of mink at the farm in a previous incident years ago ...

The sheriff’s office initially warned residents in the area to be cautious with poultry flocks, small pets and koi ponds that the mink might attack, but it later said the freed mink are considered domesticated and likely lack the skills to survive in the wild. ...
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FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/business...-environment-0dfaec3ab83b5b0f758491e78a3770ce
 
Lord Lucan said:
Taronga Zoo sits on a small peninsula in the exclusive suburb of Mosman that juts into Sydney Harbour, it's surrounded by other upmarket residential suburbs, so the potential for this to go bad is, let's say, serious.

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Just to show you how close to the city it is, although on the other side of the harbour from the CBD.

Five lions escape enclosure at Taronga Zoo, Code 1 issued as cops called​


https://www.news.com.au/travel/trav...d/news-story/393ef403a7327cafac3134271ee16b4b
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Footage of escape released. Vid at link.

Taronga Zoo, in Sydney, Australia, has released footage of an incident last month, in which five lions escaped from their enclosure.

The animals did not venture far and were all safely returned to their dens.

An investigation into the incident on 2 November is ongoing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-63822386
 
I had a hunch that they'd be found.

Three camels that escaped their nativity scene enclosure, confusing drivers in the Australian city of Brisbane, have been returned safely to their owner.

The animals escaped by opening the gate of their pen at the Bridgeman Baptist Community Church, local media reported. The trio was later caught after they stopped to eat some grass.

"Our camels got a bit lost on the way to Bethlehem!" the Church posted on its Facebook page.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64010676
 
Ben the bear escapes again.

New security measures added to this Andean bear's habitat by the Saint Louis Zoo were no match for his adventurous nature.

After escaping his habitat earlier this month, on 7 February, the four-year-old bear, named Ben, snuck out again on Thursday afternoon.
Andean bears are only found in South America, but are vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching threats. Ben is now back at the zoo after roaming free for 50 minutes.

In his earlier getaway, the zoo said he meddled with the steel mesh of his outdoor habitat, "causing a cable to give way, which then allowed him to work his way out"

In response, zoo staff "made the habitat even more secure by adding stainless steel cargo clips rated at 450 pounds tensile strength", but of course that still "wasn't enough for Ben".

The Zoo Animal Emergency Response protocol was implemented after they discovered Ben had once again escaped, and he was secured in just under an hour from "start to finish".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64762959
 
Zebra spend 3 hours on the run in Seoul

The male zebra, named Sero, which means vertical in Korean, broke free from Seoul Children's Grand Park Zoo on Thursday afternoon.

Sero was eventually trapped by officials using a safety fence after he entered a narrow alleyway.

He was tranquilized before being taken back to the zoo in the back of a truck.
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Tiger escapes from safari park after tornado damages enclosure​

The Wild Animal Safari Park in Pine Mountain in Georgia, US, said at least one tiger is on the loose following a tornado which hit Troup County at around 7am on Sunday

Around 1,500 residents are been urged to stay in their homes as officials try and get the tiger back into the zoo.

Troup County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Facebook: "We have received a report from the Pine Mountain Animal Safari that they are reporting a Tiger that is unaccounted inside the park."
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"You'll do some bird for this."
" It's a fair cop guv."


Emu and police officer


A man had to return early from his first holiday in years when his emu decided it also needed a break - and went off on its own adventure.

Runaway Rodney, aged one, jumped a fence at his Suffolk home on Thursday after a pet-sitter had locked him in. Owner Jon Cardy drove home to Chedburgh and spent the day reporting his pet as missing and scanning social media.

His "pet dinosaur", as he calls Rodney, was spotted about a mile away and he said he was "so relieved" he was back.

Mr Cardy, a former consultant in anaesthesia and critical care medicine, and his wife, Laura, a former frontline NHS nurse, and now a nursing lecturer, took in Rodney when the emu was just two weeks old.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65277452
 
You wait months for an escaped emu story then two come along at once.

Escaped emu MeeMoo leads police on 20-mile chase across town​

In Tennessee

The bird had become spooked because of construction near his home in Harriman so decided to jump his seven-foot fence.

His owner Harry McKinney took to social media in a frantic bid to try and find his pet.

He told 6abc News: ‘I said “if you see my emu please let me know” and immediately we were flooded with private messages saying like “hey your emu is in my back yard” and all these videos.
‘Everybody in the area got their own private video for this.

‘There’s been a lot of comments about just how funny it was and you know everybody is wanting to meet MeeMoo now.
‘It was well worth it just to take a little video you know.’

Once back home, the emu then escaped a second time before being captured by police again.

He is now safe back at home and Harry has built a nine-foot fence, just to be on the safe side.
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Probably eaten by students.

A duck which became a star of social media due to its height is believed to have died, the University of York said.

The bird, known as Long Boi, came to fame after he featured on James Corden's US talk show and Greg James's show on BBC Radio 1. The mallard/Indian runner cross, who was 2ft 4in (70cm) tall, had not been seen on campus for almost two months.

A university spokesperson said, given the lack of sightings, "we are forced to conclude that he has passed away".

In a statement the university said: "We appreciate this is not the resolution that many people were wishing for, but hope that acknowledging his passing allows us to focus on celebrating his life and commemorating the time he spent with us."

On Radio 1 Breakfast, Greg James led tributes to the celebrity duck and dedicated Wiz Khalifa's song See You Again to Long Boi.

"He lived a long life, Long Boi. And what a fantastic boy he was," he said, before announcing plans for a ceremonial "quack-a-long" on Friday morning.

"It's not a minute's silence, because that's not what Long Boi would have wanted," he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65555546
 
ramonmercado said:
Probably eaten by students.

A duck which became a star of social media due to its height is believed to have died, the University of York said.

The bird, known as Long Boi, came to fame after he featured on James Corden's US talk show and Greg James's show on BBC Radio 1. The mallard/Indian runner cross, who was 2ft 4in (70cm) tall, had not been seen on campus for almost two months.

A university spokesperson said, given the lack of sightings, "we are forced to conclude that he has passed away".

In a statement the university said: "We appreciate this is not the resolution that many people were wishing for, but hope that acknowledging his passing allows us to focus on celebrating his life and commemorating the time he spent with us."

On Radio 1 Breakfast, Greg James led tributes to the celebrity duck and dedicated Wiz Khalifa's song See You Again to Long Boi.

"He lived a long life, Long Boi. And what a fantastic boy he was," he said, before announcing plans for a ceremonial "quack-a-long" on Friday morning.

"It's not a minute's silence, because that's not what Long Boi would have wanted," he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65555546
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There will be A Long Good Boi.

Long Boi: £10k statue plan for missing University of York duck​

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IMAGE SOURCE, YUSU Image caption, Pierrick Roger, student union president said: "We want to ensure that everyone can reminisce about times spent with Long Boi"


A fundraising campaign to create a statue of a missing duck who went viral on social media has been launched.

Long Boi, a mallard/Indian runner cross who lived at the University of York, became famous after featuring on BBC Radio 1 and US TV. The bird, which was 2ft 4in (70cm) tall, has not been seen on campus for almost two months and is presumed dead. The campaign aims to create a £10,000 life-size sculpture to be placed by the lake where he lived.

University of York Student Union president Pierrick Roger said he had been "inundated with requests from students and the wider 'Long community' to preserve the memory of Long Boi for all past, present and future".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65610621
 
Llama drama. Vid at link.

Llama drama on Lancashire motorway as escapee stops traffic​

A llama caused a drama on a motorway after it ran on to the road and halted traffic.

Sue Brewer, who was a passenger in a nearby car, captured the camelid careering on to the carriageway at junction 3 of the M55, near Wesham in Lancashire, on Wednesday evening. She said the llama's antics caused queues leading up to the motorway. It is not yet known how the llama ended up on the road.

National Highways officers said they were called to the scene at about 21:15 BST and then shepherded the animal to safety with the help of Lancashire Police.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-65774711
 
Miniature T-Rex on the loose.

A lizard that "can run like a T. rex" is on the loose in Cumbria.

Echo the four-foot long Tegu lizard escaped on Sunday after digging through her cage in the Workington area. Owner Siobhan Harkness, of Pet Encounter Cumbria, said Echo is likely to run away, but may whip strangers with her tail if scared.

The black and white Tegu, said to be one of the most intelligent species of lizard, is likely "hiding in plain site", Ms Harkness said.

Tegu lizards are native to Central and South America but their temperament makes them popular pets.

Speaking to BBC Radio Cumbria, Echo's owner said the "big lizard" escaped within 20 minutes of being unattended.

"She's outside in a run with a top. She'd been out for six hours, everything was great. I had to pop a meerkat to the vets because he's got a poorly tooth. I was gone for 20 minutes and she dug a hole."

Echo the lizard
IMAGE SOURCE, PET ENCOUNTER CUMBRIA Image caption, Tegu lizards can run on their back legs if frightened

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-65810938
 
An incompetent wolf farmer.

The open farm from which a hybrid wolf escaped on Friday was previously criticised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) due to “repeated” animal escapes and “very lackadaisical” efforts to recapture them.

The hybrid wolf, or ‘wolfdog’, went missing from Rumley’s Open Farm in Waterfall, Co Cork, last week and remains at large, having been sighted in the countryside about four miles away on Saturday.

A wolfdog is a hybrid produced by the mating of a domestic dog with a wolf. The escaped animal is a cross between a German shepherd and a Carpathian grey wolf, which is the largest species of wolf outside North America.

A highly critical inspection report from 2019 reveals a history of animal escapes from Rumley’s, many of which involved invasive alien species that posed a threat to local biodiversity in the area.

It said attempts to recapture animals were either drawn out, unsuccessful or resulted in the animals being shot. At the time of the inspection, a meerkat and a parrot were missing from the farm with “no robust plan” to get them back.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41170522.html
 
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