Flamingo chick escapes from Paignton Zoo sparking mass hunt in race against time

A babe flamingo aged astir 4 months has escaped from Paignton Zoo successful Devon to "explore the section area" arsenic radical surviving adjacent were urged to support an oculus retired for the bird

A young flamingo chick has gone connected the tally aft escaping from a zoo to “explore the section area”.

The bird, which is described arsenic mostly grey with pinkish feathers, near its location successful Paignton Zoo earlier today. The wildlife parkland successful Devon is present appealing for immoderate sightings of the vertebrate to beryllium reported straight to unit truthful it tin beryllium brought location arsenic soon arsenic possible.

A spokesperson for Wild Planet Trust said: “We tin corroborate 1 of our flamingo chicks is missing from Paignton Zoo. We instrumentality our work of attraction precise earnestly and are committed to the payment of each our animals.

“As this chick is lone 4 months old, we are precise keen to reunite it with its family. At this property flamingos are conscionable starting to fledge, investigating its wings and experimenting which is what led to this funny chick uncovering its mode retired of its exhibit.”

Residents who unrecorded adjacent the country person been urged to support a adjacent oculus retired for the babe bird. The spokesperson added: “Flamingos are societal taxon and thrive wrong our collection, our oldest flamingo is 55 years old, which is wherefore we are keen to bring the chick backmost to its family. As soon arsenic we were alert we alerted the applicable authorities, searched the section area, peculiarly those areas with water, and asked section residents to support a look out.

“At the infinitesimal we person had nary confirmed sightings and are alert of the young property of the chick and the dangers of the outer world. If anyone spots the flamingo chick, who is mostly grey, with pinkish feathers opening to appear, delight interaction america straight connected 01803 697500.”

Over the weekend, escaped hamsters caused chaos connected a level erstwhile much than 130 ran escaped connected the craft which was grounded. Maintenance workers were trying to circular up the powerfulness cable-eating rodents since the wide flight past Tuesday, but 16 are inactive connected the escaped and unaccounted for.

Baggage handlers are said to person discovered the cages the animals were successful had been damaged and 132 of them were roaming astir the cargo clasp erstwhile the Airbus 320 touched down successful the Azores archipelago superior Ponta Delgada connected Sao Miguel Island, belonging to Portugal . The hunt for them started aft passengers connected committee the level disembarked and their luggage was removed.