Runaway capybara Samba is caught on wildlife cameras on 'private land', more than six months after escaping a Hampshire zoo
Samba the capybara, caught on wildlife cameras on private land — her first confirmed sighting since August — after more than six months on the loose following her escape from Marwell Zoo.Samba the capybara spotted in Twyford, near Winchester — her sister Tango was recaptured within days of the pair escaping Marwell Zoo together, but Samba has remained on the loose for more than six months.
Samba, a six-year-old capybara who broke out of Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, on 17 March, has been picked up on newly-installed wildlife cameras on private land — her first confirmed sighting since August. Zoo staff have established a feeding station to coax her back gradually, warning that any sudden approach risks startling her into fleeing. Her sister Tango was recaptured within days of the pair escaping together, but Samba — described by keepers as the bolder of the two — has now been on the loose for more than six months.
Staff are keeping her precise location secret to avoid disrupting her recovery.
A male capybara named Ripple has since been introduced at the zoo alongside the recaptured Tango.
Samba was last publicly spotted on the banks of the River Itchen, where she startled dogwalker Claudie Paddick before diving in and swimming away.
