Dogs and drones utilized in hunt for racoons which escaped zoo on Isle of Wight | EUROtoday

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A hunt utilizing tracker canine and drones has been launched to hint a gaggle of raccoons which managed to interrupt out of a zoo on the Isle of Wight.

The 4 animals escaped their compound at Amazon World Zoo Park in Sandown on Friday morning.

Staff at the moment are interesting to locals to maintain an eye fixed out for the 18-month-old sisters, which solely arrived on the zoo final month.

Supervisor Rowena Welsh mentioned: “They are new here. Everyone is out searching and we have tracker dogs and drones looking for them.

“They are not dangerous and the protocol is for people to call us straight away and don’t try to approach because they would be very frightened.

“They are not dangerous and they would be more frightened of us than we would be of them.”

One raccoon reportedly refused to depart the enclosure and stayed behind.

An Amazon World spokesperson wrote on Facebook: “Four female raccoons have escaped from their enclosure overnight.

“If you have a sighting please do not approach them, they are not normally aggressive but will be scared, please call us immediately on 0198386/122, message us on this page or email amazonworldrocketmail.com.

“If you live locally please check sheds and bonfire piles, they sleep during the day and become active at dusk.”

Amazon World Zoo Park is the biggest assortment of unique animals on the Isle of Wight and is house to lemurs, squirrel monkeys and capybaras.

It got here the week after two parrots went lacking from London Zoo – however have been discovered collectively 60 miles away after being noticed in a Cambridgeshire backyard.

Critically endangered blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot flew away on 21 October whereas flying freely as a part of their each day routine on the central London attraction.

Days later zookeepers have been alerted to Cambridgeshire by a household in Buckden, who had noticed the sisters within the bushes behind their backyard.