Dartmoor Lynx recaptured after three weeks on run

31 July 2016

A lynx that escaped from Dartmoor Zoo in Devon has been captured - after more than three weeks on the run.

The police had warned that the cat, named Flaviu, could be dangerous if cornered.

The Carpathian lynx, the size of a large domestic cat, was found after walking into a humane trap and is now back at the zoo.

Zoo owner Ben Mee told BBC Radio Devon it was "a huge relief" to have got the animal back.

He said that they had been "living in the hope" that he would wander into a trap looking for food.

"I've been speaking to lynx trackers all around the world and I was getting more confident that he would end up doing this but the timescale was the thing that worried me. They said it could be a week or six weeks or six months."

Flaviu was trapped about a quarter of a mile away from the zoo in woods at Hemerdon.

Thirty members of staff and volunteers began combing the zoo but found no trace of the animal, concluding that he had left the park.

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Bright red bird recaptured by Edinburgh Zoo

A rare bright-red bird which escaped from Edinburgh Zoo last week has been recaptured about four miles away.

Keepers noticed the scarlet ibis was missing on Tuesday and it was later spotted close to the city centre.

The two-year-old female bird was recaptured on Sunday afternoon on the shoreline in the Cramond area and is now recovering in quarantine.

It is believed the bird escaped after a squirrel chewed a hole at the top of its cage.

The ibis has been at the zoo since 2010 and shares her enclosure with the six other members of her flock and 36 resident flamingos.

Colin Oulton, team leader of the bird section at Edinburgh Zoo, said: "It's really quite surprising how far the scarlet ibis flew, eventually ending up at the shore at Cramond.

"Being flock birds, you would expect them to stay quite close to the rest of the flock."

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Escaped Nile Monitor lizard found in Woodland Park

THE GAZETTE

A six-foot long lizard that escaped earlier this week in Teller County was found about 6 p.m. Friday in Woodland Park.

Dino was unharmed and was returned to its owner, according to the Teller County Sheriff's Office.

The Nile Monitor lizard, which escaped from the Westwood Lakes area Monday, was found in a nearby neighborhood. The landowner who found Dino asked to remain anonymous, officials said.

Sheriff's deputies brought Dino's owner with them to pick up the lizard. He is now back at home with his owners.

The search for Dino, which spanned the course of the week, began when he escaped from the nylon cord he was tied to in his owner's front yard.

A reverse 911 call was put out to residents in the Woodland West, Westwood Lakes and Rosewood Hills subdivisions warning them of the lizard's escape.  Both Teller County law enforcement and animal control searched for Dino from July 16 to July 19.

There were concerns that the 25 pound lizard could be a danger to children or small animals, with residents being warned to be cautious outdoors.

Teller County officials said that no one, including the lizard, has been injured. 

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