Breaking: Wolf In Colchester / Essex

[ChillDoubt]

Anyone in that area? Stay indoors! Just breaking on BBC website, Police looking for a wolf that has escaped from Colchester Zoo.

[mallyh]

hope it was after dinner

[rockyracoon]

Blimey, it was a lion on the loose in Essex a few months ago. ;)

[craft1948]

Whatever you do don't confrontate it.............

[youngmafbog]

Unless it is hungry you will be ok.

If it is hungry then much bigger problem especially for infants.

[ChillDoubt]

That was a tiger rocky, but imagine looking for an orange coloured predator with sharp claws in Essex?

Must've been a nightmare for the local Plod......

[rockyracoon]

Twas definitely a lion in Clacton but lol to the orange and sharp claws.

[ChillDoubt]

My apologies rocky, didn't hear about the lion, just the fake life-size tiger.

Meanwhile, sounds like there were a few escaped, couple have been shot, sadly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25091939

[anneasquith]

be careful.could be wearing sheep's clothing !

[rockyracoon]

Read that about the two that were shot, very sad but unavoidable I'd say. God knows what happened to the enclosure to make it so insecure.

[Frank97]

Poor thing, suppose it will be shot by the end of the day. :-(

[ChillDoubt]

One has been darted Frank, hopefully they'll manage the same with the one remaining.

[boingo]

If it turns out to be deliberate tampering of the enclosure or negligence, how sad that two wolves have been killed.

[bazwillrun]

probably just a sheep in wolfs clothing...

nothing to worry about

[Frank97]

That's good then, hate the thought of it being shot just for escaping.

[baza]

bit of a worry, grand daughters attend infants school within a couple of miles of zoo, just phoned daughter, she knows nothing of this great escape.

[rockyracoon]

He's been shot, poor thing :(

[ChillDoubt]

Aw, gutted.
Thanks for the update rocky.

[baza]

Oh dear , what a shame, you would think that if they could shoot a bullet then a knock out dart would be just as easy.

[Prudie]

Disgraceful that they were shot dead. I have past experience with zoos and the keepers and vets could all have darted them.

[ChillDoubt]

With the best will in the world I'm sure it's not always that easy, Prudie. I remember a programme about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBUIAT3N6w