Hundreds search for wolf that escaped from zoo in South Korea | South Korea
Authorities are chasing a wolf that escaped from the zoo in Daejeon, South Korea’s city of 1.5 million.
An official from the Daejeon fire station said more than 300 people, including firefighters, police and military personnel, participated in the search operation.
In the images published by local media, the vehicle is seen wandering in the middle of the road.
The male wolf, born in 2024 and weighing about 30 kg, escaped from a zoo at the O-World theme park in the city, about 150 km (93 miles) south of Seoul, on Wednesday, triggering a massive search in surrounding areas.
He remained at large Thursday because a nearby school was closed for security reasons while the search continued, authorities said.
“Daejeon Sanseong primary school was closed today after a wolf escaped from the zoo yesterday,” a spokesman for the Daejeon metropolitan education office told AFP.
The fire official said that they deployed camera drones as part of the search, but they had to withdraw them due to rain.
Korea Times quoted an O-World official as saying: “We inspect each enclosure daily before opening it, and one wolf was missing. After checking the CCTV, we confirmed that it had escaped by digging into the soil at the bottom of the enclosure.”
In 2023, a male zebra escaped from a Seoul zoo and wandered the streets, causing a worldwide sensation.
The zebra, named Sero, was eventually cornered in a narrow alley, safely tranquilized and returned to its enclosure uninjured.
