Capybara named Cinnamon found days after UK zoo escape – ABC News

The capybara fled her habitat at the Telford Zoo five days ago, Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World saying in a statement, adding that Cinnamon entered the woodlands within the zoo grounds.

“On Saturday evening she managed to get beyond the zoo’s perimeter fence and was spotted on a nearby road,” said the zoo. That was the last sighting of the Capybara at the time of the statement.

Cinnamon’s disappearance sparked a mass search in the vicinity of the zoo, where it was believed she was located due to the “ample food” and “plenty of ponds” in the area. A local thermal operator, zookeepers and several volunteers participating in a search of the area on Tuesday evening following an “around-the-clock” search by teams the previous days.

Hoo Zoo told ABC Cinnamon is a 1-year-old and is one of four Capybaras at the zoo alongside her parents, Chimu and Chincha, and her twin brother, Churro.

via abcnews.go.com

Capybaras are cute. They’re like giant Guinea pigs. Also said to be good eating and allegedly count as fish under RC regulations about fasting. The idea of butchering them is insupportable, however.