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£25.49Cinnamon the capybara, who had been missing for a week after escaping from Hoo Zoo & Dinosaur World, has been found in a pond. She is said to be “absolutely fine” and a little tired, according to her keepers. Joint park owner Will Dorrell has said a keeper’s error led to Cinnamon escaping through an open gate when she was startled by a mower. During the short period of time the gate was open, they hadn’t realized she was hiding in long grass. A downed power line and felled trees led park staff to the pond where Cinnamon was found.
Native to South America, capybara are the largest living rodents in the world, measuring over a metre in length. The park has put new measures in place to prevent further animal escapes and confirmed that Cinnamon is now back with her brother and will be reunited with her parents later, once a vet has checked her over. Although the park said it is aware that Cinnamon has received wide attention from the media, Mr. Dorrell stressed that the animal’s welfare is their priority. No decision has been made yet on whether to make a film about the capybara.
Joint owner Becky Dorrell described spending Friday looking for Cinnamon while “following tracks and evidence of where she could have been”. The capybara had been spotted on a drone camera around 200 metres from her home. It took approximately an hour on Friday to coax Cinnamon into a cage, said Hoo Zoo & Dinosaur World.
As capybara are not native to the UK, the zoo has a responsibility to ensure that escaped animals do not roam the countryside, Dorrell added. She had originally made her escape into nearby woodland in Telford, West Midlands. Earlier in the week, Mr. Dorrell had said Cinnamon was “living her best life” in the large woodland with access to ponds nearby
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