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5 of the most ingenious animal escapes of 2025, so far

Margherita Bassi

created: July 5, 2025, 4 p.m. | updated: July 15, 2025, 3:43 p.m.

It’s only July, and it has been a busy year for zoo staff and pet owners alike for animals going viral for going missing. These noteworthy animal escapes from the last several months would make the plucky penguins from the cinematic classic Madagascar proud. Misha and Lucy the bearsWhen bear siblings escaped from their enclosure at Wildwood Devon zoo in England, everyone, understandably, panicked. Louie and Ophelia the river ottersOut of all the wild animal escapes listed here, Louie the North American river otter was the only one to successfully avoid recapture. Mac the wallabyOn June 16, a female wallaby named Mac escaped Grace and Glory Animals, an animal education zoo in Oswego, New York.

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