The bears Mish and Lucy in their enclosure in the Wildwood Devon in Ottery St Mary in the southwest of England. With their discovery tour, they kept the zoo busy.
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In an zoo in the southwest of England, two young bears are out of their enclosure and have agreed on the honey supplies of the zoo. As the Wildwood Devon zoo announced on Tuesday, the brown bears Mish and Lucy escaped from their enclosure on Monday afternoon and penetrated the storage room for their food. There they plastered the honey supply for a whole week.
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The bears “never presented a danger to the public,” said the zoo. As a precaution, all visitors were brought to safety in a building. The bears were “continuously” monitored by the zoo staff and with video cameras. The police were also in use in the zoo.
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Animal keeper attracted bears back to the enclosure
After about an hour, the zookeepers managed to lure the bears back into their enclosure. There they fell asleep immediately, explained the zoo, which houses, among other things, on its 160 hectare site in addition to bears, among other things, wolves and polar trucks. The information is still being examined how the bears could break out of their enclosure.
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