Afrigather July 12 (UPI) — A Vietnamese pheasant that escaped from a zoo in Wales was safely returned to the power the next day after an in depth search.
The Plantasia Tropical Zoo in Swansea mentioned Thursday that the male Vietnamese pheasant, also called an Edwards’ Pheasant, was discovered to be lacking from his enclosure and was believed to have flown the coop.
“The pheasant isn’t in any approach harmful but it surely could be shy and scared which is why we’re asking anybody who spots it to report that sighting to us instantly slightly than approaching the chook,” the zoo mentioned on social media.
A follow-up post Friday mentioned the pheasant, named Jack, had been discovered after quite a few reported sightings Thursday night time and Friday morning.
“Due to a number of useful leads, our workforce searched the areas talked about late final night time and early this morning. I am delighted to verify that at 10:15 a.m., Jack was safely retrieved and returned to Plantasia Tropical Zoo,” the publish mentioned.
Officers wrote Jack doesn’t look like injured and “appears unfazed” by his journey.
“For now, he’ll stay in a quarantined space of the zoo for shut monitoring and a full well being examine by our vet earlier than returning to roam our hot-house with the remainder of his household,” the publish mentioned. “An intensive investigation is underway to grasp how he escaped, and we are going to take measures to make sure this does not occur once more.”
