Bears get paws on the honey in UK wildlife park escape
LONDON: Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a UK wildlife park and devoured a week's worth of food store honey before falling asleep, the attraction said on Tuesday.
Mish and Lucy, both aged four, got out of their enclosure at Wildwood Devon in southwestern England on Monday afternoon.
The pair made a beeline for their food store where they scoffed snack's including the seven-day supply of honey, a park statement said.
They must have been beary hungry
Two bears escape at UK zoo and eat week's worth of honey as police called #devon #zoo #dailyexpress @WildwoodDevon pic.twitter.com/mbuSNqOJuq
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The bears 'posed no threat to the public at any point' although visitors on site were escorted to a secure building as a precaution.
During the hour-long drama, the bears were 'continuously monitored both on the ground and via CCTV' until they were returned to their enclosure by keepers and promptly 'fell asleep,' Wildwood added.
Police attended the scene and an investigation was underway to determine how the animals managed to break out, it said.
The park spread across 40 acres (160 hectares) of gardens and woodland is home to an array of wildlife including brown bears, wolves and arctic foxes.
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