Bears Escape Wildlife Park and Go on a Rampage that Would Make Winnie-the-Pooh Proud

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Mish and Lucy, 2 European brownish bears, gobbled down an awesome magnitude of chromatic during their little escape

Published connected June 24, 2025 08:00PM EDT

Lucy, 1 of nan European brownish bears that escaped nan enclosure astatine Wildwood Devon. Credit :

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Two European brownish bears escaped their enclosure astatine nan U.K.'s Wildwood Devon to snack connected a week's worthy of honey
The wildlife parkland activated information measures and coaxed nan bears backmost into their enclosure without incident
The parkland is actively investigating what caused nan operational correction that allowed nan bears to time off their enclosure

A brace of bears spent their fewer moments of state search down their favourite snack and having a snooze.

On June 23, Mish and Lucy, 2 European brownish bears from nan U.K. wildlife parkland Wildwood Devon, escaped from their enclosure successful nan afternoon, the parkland shared connected Facebook.

While nan bears managed to bust retired of their habitat, they weren't excessively concerned astir leaving nan park. Mish and Lucy near their enclosures and beelined for nan park's nutrient retention area, wherever nan animals gobbled 7 days' worthy of chromatic successful 1 sitting.

Wildwood Devon shared footage of Lucy "caught red-handed" while raiding nan nutrient shop and confirmed that some bears promptly passed retired aft their snack attack.

After their escapades, nan carnivore brace returned to their enclosure pinch nan thief of an master keeper. Police responded to nan scene, and an early investigation discovered an "operational error" led to nan bear's breakout and binge, per Wildwood Devon's June 24 update.

"As a precaution, each visitors connected tract were promptly escorted to a unafraid building," nan park's first station astir nan duo's flight read. "The bears were continuously monitored some connected nan crushed and via CCTV until they calmly returned to their enclosure and fell asleep."

The update station added that parkland unit followed established information protocols and put into believe their callback training to coax nan bears backmost into nan enclosure.

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Despite nan bears' lighthearted adventures, nan wildlife parkland recognized nan severity of nan situation. Wildwood Devon is presently investigating really nan operational correction occurred and really it tin beryllium prevented successful nan future.

"While nan structural integrity of nan carnivore enclosure remains uncompromised, we return immoderate operational lapse highly seriously," nan park's update station read, adding that "animal care, visitant safety, and transparency" are nan park's priorities.