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    "| 2024 | Greenview Park and Zoo | Morpeth, Ontario | Red kangaroo | 3 hours | A kangaroo escaped the Greenview Zoo by unknown means before being spotted by an Amazon driver and being captured by the Ontario Provincial Police. |"
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    "| 2023 | Oshawa Zoo | Oshawa, Ontario | Eastern grey kangaroo | Four days | A kangaroo escaped while being transported by truck. It eluded capture for a week before being captured by Ontario Provincial Police. |"
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    "| 2023 | Waddles 'n' Wags Animal Haven | Eganville, Ontario | Serval | Never found | A serval escaped from a roadside zoo and is presumed dead. |"
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    "| 2022 | Greater Vancouver Zoo | Langley, British Columbia | Wolf | 2 days | Two wolves escaped from the Greater Vancouver Zoo after a hole was cut in their enclosure. One was recovered safely while the other was struck by a car and killed. |"
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    "| 2021 | Papanack Park Zoo | Wendover, Ontario | Kangaroo | Unknown | A kangaroo escaped before being found seriously injured on a highway. It was euthanised. |"
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    "| 2019 | Roaring Cat Retreat | Lambton Shores, Ontario | Lion | Unknown | Two lion cubs escaped from an illegal zoo. |"
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    "| 2019 | Zoo Sauvage de St-F\u00e9licien | Saint-F\u00e9licien, Quebec | Wolverine | This female wolverine was never recovered but in july of 2018,it was announced that a male wolverine escaped from the same zoo and was recovered later in august of 2018. |  |"
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    "| 2017 | Chippewa Park Wildlife Exhibit | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Bald eagle | Never found | Two bald eagles escaped after their enclosure was vandalized. One was never found. |"
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    "| 2016 | High Park Zoo | Toronto, Ontario | Capybara | 35 days | Two capybaras, known as Bonnie and Clyde, escaped from the High Park Zoo. One was captured after 19 days while the other remained on the loose for 35 days. |"
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    "| 2016 | Papanack Park Zoo | Wendover, Ontario | Lion | 2 hours | A lion managed to escape before being shot by police |"
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    "| 2015 | High Park Zoo | Toronto, Ontario | Indian peafowl | 5 days | A peacock escaped his enclosure and explored Toronto before returning to the zoo |"
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    "| 2013 | Magnetic Hill Zoo | Moncton, New Brunswick | Indian peafowl | One week |  |"
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    "| 2013 | GuZoo Animal Farm | Three Hills, Alberta | Yak, sheep, coyote, ostrich, sika deer | A day |  |"
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    "| 2009 | Greater Vancouver Zoo | Langley, British Columbia | Blue-and-yellow macaw | Three days | Chuva the macaw escaped his enclosure before hiding in an RV. The RV driver discovered the bird three days later and returned it to the zoo. |"
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    "| 2008 | Guha Exotic Animal Reserve | Huntsville, Ontario | Jaguar | 1 day | A six-year-old jaguar escaped from the zoo, attacking a dog before being shot by police. The zoo is now closed. |"
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    "| 2007 | Safari Niagara | Stevensville, Ontario | Syrian brown bear | Several hours |  |"
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    "| 2007 | Bergeron's Exotic Animal Sanctuary | Picton, Ontario | Japanese macaque | 48 hours | Escaped before being tranquillised by a bylaw officer |"
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    "| 2006 | Chippewa Wildlife Exhibit | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Wolf | One week | A wolf escaped after jumping over its 8-foot fence. It was shot by police. |"
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    "| 1997 | Bear Creek Sanctuary | Barrie, Ontario | Tiger | 2 days | A tiger escaped its enclosure. It was found two days later and tranquillized. |"
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    "## Canada",
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    "| 1997 | Lickety Split Ranch and Zoo | London, Ontario | Tiger | 4 hours |  |"
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    "| 1958 | Hertel's Zoo | Nanaimo, British Columbia | Lion | 1 day | The 2-year-old lioness Fury managed to escape the zoo in the night. The next day, she killed a little girl before the animal was shot by a hunter. |"
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    "| 1958 | Storybook Gardens | London, Ontario | California sea lion | 10 days | A sea lion named Slippery managed to escape his enclosure, travelling into the United States before being caught in Toledo, Ohio. |"
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    "| 1939 | Calgary Zoo | Calgary, Alberta | California sea lion | 3 months | A sea lion named Buster became a local celebrity after escaping from the Calgary Zoo and travelling through irrigation canals to Chestermere Lake and then to Bassano where he played with children. |"
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    "| 2024 | Quinta La Fauna | Reynosa | Bengal tiger | 5 days | The male Tony escaped and killed nearby hens and pigs. The zoo was closed until the animal was captured. The Environmental Protection Agency noted that Tony would be transferred to Tamat\u00e1n Zoo. |"
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    "| 2015 | Mangrove Paradise | Coyuca de Benitez | Jaguar, lion, tiger | At least 1 month | Two tigers, a jaguar and a lion escaped from this private zoo on 26 October. In early November, all but one of the tigers were captured and taken to a zoo in Hidalgo. |"
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    "## Mexico",
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    "| 2008 | Bioparque Estrella | Montemorelos | Tiger | Brief escape | After the zoo had closed, the tiger left its unlocked cage and fatally attacked 26-year-old zookeeper Herminio Rodriguez Palma before being shot. |"
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    "| 2008 | Unspecified private zoo | near Acapulco | Lion | Unknown | Before it was tranquilised and captured, the lion killed two dogs and a pig and attacked a woman and child on a donkey. |"
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