One of the capybaras that escaped from the High Park Zoo last month has been captured, the zoo says.
“With a big team effort one of the capybaras has been rescued. It is resting off site for now,” Ward 13 Coun. Sarah Doucette wrote on Twitter.
The two capybaras – a male and a female – escaped from the High Park Zoo May 25 as they were being brought to join one other capybaras capybara who lives at the zoo and the two have been on the loose ever since.
The Zoo did not immediately say where exactly the one animal was found or how staff were tipped off to its presence.
The hunt for the missing capybaras – large members of the rodent family – has intrigued park-goers and area residents. However it’s not the first time one of the zoo’s escaped residents has captured headlines. Last year, a peacock from the zoo escaped and was recaptured after darting around the Parkdale area for several days.
Both incidents have sparked playful memes and a number of fake social media accounts.
The other capybara remains at large.
