{"id":529843,"date":"2026-04-14T06:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529843\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:14:12","slug":"runaway-zoo-wolf-spotted-capture-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529843\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway zoo wolf spotted, capture under way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wolf that escaped from a zoo enclosure in Daejeon nearly a week ago has been spotted, but an initial capture attempt failed after the animal fled, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-p.v1.20260414.77451bf6eb434edeb20ba6ec7d519715_P1.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from footage showing an escaped wolf spotted in Daejeon on Tuesday. (Instagram @jun70795)\"\/>     A screenshot from footage showing an escaped wolf spotted in Daejeon on Tuesday. (Instagram @jun70795)  <\/p>\n<p>According to the Daejeon Fire Headquarters, rescue teams, along with police and animal authorities, mounted a joint effort early Tuesday morning to capture the wolf alive using tranquilizer guns and other equipment. The operation, carried out at close range, was unsuccessful. Authorities, however, re-acquired the animal\u2019s location and resumed tracking efforts.<\/p>\n<p>About 60 police officers have been deployed to the area, while six drones, including military thermal imaging drones, are being used to monitor the wolf\u2019s movements in real time.<\/p>\n<p>A report was received at about 10:43 p.m. Monday that the wolf had been seen in a wooded area in Musu-dong near O-World, the zoo from which it escaped on April 8. Search officials later confirmed the animal was Neukgu, a male wolf born in January 2024 that got out through a hole it dug under a fence.<\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-p.v1.20260414.df0a071da4094a9e8c9563941cc95bba_P1.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from footage showing an escaped wolf spotted in Daejeon on Tuesday. (Instagram @jun70795)\"\/>     A screenshot from footage showing an escaped wolf spotted in Daejeon on Tuesday. (Instagram @jun70795)<br \/>\n<br \/>milaya@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wolf that escaped from a zoo enclosure in Daejeon nearly a week ago has been spotted, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-529843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}