{"id":48971,"date":"2025-05-12T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zoo-asks-public-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-escaped-capybara\/12\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:43:29","slug":"zoo-asks-public-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-escaped-capybara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zoo-asks-public-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-escaped-capybara\/12\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo asks public to be on the lookout for escaped capybara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"story_dl\">May 12 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A zoo in eastern China is asking for the public&#8217;s help to locate an escaped capybara that has been on the loose for more than 40 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Zhuyuwan Scenic Area in Yangzhou City said three capybaras &#8212; named Doubao, Bazong and Duoduo &#8212; escaped April 3 when Bazong broke through a wooden panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bazong and Duoduo were quickly recaptured, but Doubao has managed to evade pursuit for weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Investigations indicate that Doubao carries no dangerous weapons and poses no threat to the public, so please don&#8217;t worry,&#8221; the zoo <a href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/detail\/5165203198840145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:joked on social media.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">joked on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials offered a reward of free admission to the zoo in exchange for information leading to Doubao&#8217;s capture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The facility said <a href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/status\/5165475769880339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in a follow-up post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">in a follow-up post<\/a> that current weather conditions in the area and the local plant life have left zookeepers with &#8220;no worries&#8221; about Doubao&#8217;s ability to survive on the loose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Because it is close to the canal and Doubao is an excellent swimmer, it is difficult to capture him,&#8221; the zoo said. &#8220;We urge Doubao to surrender himself voluntarily. Wandering outside is not the way to survive. Coming back to live a good life with a regular job is the kingly way!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Capybaras, the world&#8217;s largest living species of rodents, are native to South America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/zoo-asks-public-lookout-escaped-171853382.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 12 (UPI) &mdash; A zoo in eastern China is asking for the public&rsquo;s help to locate an escaped capybara that has<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zoo-asks-public-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-escaped-capybara\/12\/05\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/united_press_international_articles_356\/a4220428defc36640b0029c7c9a5bf7f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}