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Two missing raccoons found but two still at large | |
(about 13 hours later) | |
The first raccoon was found on zoo property | The first raccoon was found on zoo property |
A second of four raccoons that went missing from a zoo on the Isle of Wight has been captured. | |
Four 18-month-old female raccoons escaped from their enclosure at Amazon World, near Sandown, prompting a search. | Four 18-month-old female raccoons escaped from their enclosure at Amazon World, near Sandown, prompting a search. |
The first was captured within the zoo's grounds shortly before midnight on Friday. | |
Her sister was found by staff at the top of the zoo's parrot perches on Saturday evening. | |
The second racoon was found in one of the zoo's parrot perches | The second racoon was found in one of the zoo's parrot perches |
In a post on it's Facebook page, the zoo said it was "ecstatic" that the second of the four escaped raccoons had been caught. | |
It also confirmed that both captured animals would be put in an enclosure away from the public, alongside their sibling that did not escape. | It also confirmed that both captured animals would be put in an enclosure away from the public, alongside their sibling that did not escape. |
The two other missing raccoons remain at large - with the search set to continue "throughout the night". | |
The search had been scaled down during daylight hours - when the raccoons are expected to go to sleep. | The search had been scaled down during daylight hours - when the raccoons are expected to go to sleep. |
Three raccoons are still missing | Three raccoons are still missing |
Head keeper Rachel Patrick had earlier urged locals to keep an eye out "in sheds and up trees" while speaking to BBC Radio Solent. | |
"The more eyes the better," she said. "They'll be hiding in any nook and cranny to go to sleep during the day." | "The more eyes the better," she said. "They'll be hiding in any nook and cranny to go to sleep during the day." |
The captured raccoons are two of five siblings that arrived at Amazon World three weeks ago. Four of them escaped. | |
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