Members of the UK public join the search after specialist dog units and thermal drones have yet to locate her
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arely 24 hours after nine-month-old capybaras Samba and Tango were brought to Marwell zoo near Winchester, they had made a break for it through a hole in their temporary enclosure. The siblings were transferred to Hampshire from Jimmy’s farm and wildlife park in Suffolk on 16 March after being outshone by other capybaras.
Tango was quickly found, but her sister Samba remains at large, and the mission to find her has attracted national and international coverage.
“We have deployed search teams including the use of specialist dog units used to track her scent, and thermal drones,” said Laura Read, the chief executive of Marwell zoo. So far Samba has reportedly been sighted in a pub beer garden and basking on a riverbank.
