Local school closes in Daejeon city as hundreds of emergency service and military personnel scour area around O-World theme park where the wolf escaped from
Authorities are hunting for a wolf after it escaped from a zoo in Daejeon, a South Korean city with a population of 1.5million.
More than 300 people – including firefighters, police and military personnel – are taking part in the search operation, an official from the Daejeon fire headquarters said.
Images released by local media showed it wandering in the middle of a road.
The male wolf – born in 2024 and weighing about 30kg – escaped from a zoo at O-World theme park in the city, which lies about 150km (93 miles) south of Seoul, on Wednesday, triggering a wide search in surrounding areas.
