Overview

• On Monday afternoon at Wildwood Devon Zoo in Devon, England, two European brown bears named Mish and Lucy escaped their enclosure.
• They entered a food storage area and consumed roughly one week’s worth of honey before being lured back by zookeepers about an hour later.
• Staff and police monitored the bears via CCTV throughout the incident and escorted visitors to safety without any threats to the public.
• After returning to their pen, the bears fell asleep immediately, zoo officials reported.
• Zoo management has opened a formal inquiry to identify the security lapse that allowed the escape.