Escaped capybara Cinnamon returned home safely

After a week on the run, a capybara named Cinnamon has been safely captured and returned home.

Cinnamon escaped from her enclosure at Hoo Zoo in Telford a week ago, after the gate to her enclosure was left open while keepers mowed the grass.

Since then a team of wildlife experts and workers from the zoo have been working hard to try to track her down.

Cinnamon was spotted by locals munching on grass, and exploring the woods before she was safely captured on Friday in a nearby pond and returned to her family at the zoo.

Cinnamon has been safely returned home to her enclosure after her escape.

"We're absolutely delighted to have Cinnamon back at the zoo," said owner, Will Dorrell.

"I’d love to say it was nice and easy getting her out of the pond but it wasn’t. Several of us got very wet.

"Cinnamon was quite happy in the pond so we had to get in with her and slowly try to coax her into the cage.

"I know that there will be lots of people who will be very excited to see her, but nobody more so than her own mum and dad," he said.

She has now been returned to an enclosure with her twin brother, Churro, and the zoo said she was getting used to life back at the zoo again.

Mr Dorrell said Cinnamon seemed to be in good health, but that she would be checked over by a vet in the next few days to make sure she is well.