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Cinnamon, the capybara missing in Telford, has been caught, zoo officials say.
The giant rodent escaped from her enclosure at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World on Friday 13 September, into nearby woodland.
She was found safe and well on Friday afternoon in a pond within the zoo’s woodland conservation area, and is now back in her enclosure at the zoo.
“We’re absolutely delighted to have Cinnamon back at the zoo,” said owner, Will Dorrell.
“I know that there will be lots of people who will be very excited to see her, but nobody more so than her own mum and dad,” he said.
“We’ve been astounded at the public reaction to Cinnamon’s escape and are so grateful to everybody who has helped to return her safely to the zoo.”
Teams worked for about an hour to get her out of the pond and into a cage.
She has since been returned to an enclosure with her twin brother, Churro, and the zoo said she was acclimatising to life back at the zoo.
It added that experts would monitor her around the clock, and she would remain out of public view over the weekend.
“All being well, we hope that Cinnamon will return to her usual paddock with the rest of her family next week,” Mr Dorrell added.
Despite keepers putting out live traps along routes she had frequented, Cinnamon recognised attempts to capture her, and instead skirted around them.
Search efforts were called off temporarily on Thursday, amid concerns she would wander on to neighbouring Ministry of Defence land.
Over the week, searches were carried out on foot, as well as by air using thermal drones.
The woodland environment – dense thicket and brambles – made it “impenetrable” to zoo volunteers.
The story of the fugitive rodent attracted international attention, especially as the zoo reported that she was seemingly “living her best life”, wandering around and eating vegetation.
The animals are native to South America and are the largest living rodents in the world.
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