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MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Residents and schoolkids in Mexico City helped squads of police in a long-winded pursuit of a wolf loose in one of the city’s neighborhoods, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Citizens and police officers chased the animal on foot and on motorbikes in the north-side neighborhood, before the medium-sized wolf finally was cornered \u201cwith the help of neighbors,\u201d the city police department said late Monday.<\/p>\n
The Milenio television station interviewed a 15-year-old boy who headed off the wolf with his motorbike. \u201cWe came to catch the wolf,\u201d the boy said.<\/p>\n
Once corned, police animal-control officers snared the wolf with a rope and forced the German-shepherd-sized animal into a cage for transport.<\/p>\n
It was unclear where the wolf came from. It appeared trotting down sidewalks in a densely built-up neighborhood near a city zoo. But the city\u2019s Environment Department said all of the zoo’s wolves were accounted for.<\/p>\n
Wolves are native to central Mexico, but are rarely if ever seen in the metropolis of 20 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n