An otter's long escapeSourced
An otter escaped the zoo.
Almost a month later, she was found on an island.
Jin escaped Auckland Zoo in New Zealand in June 2006 by digging through walls and climbing a barrier. After swimming across the harbour, she was caught in an island trap on 10 July. Sources differ on the exact island; she may have swum as far as 20 kilometres.
The search moved
from streets to sea.
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