‘It was bonkers’: Samba the runaway capybara inspires a wild rodent hunt

Members of the UK public join the search after specialist dog units and thermal drones have yet to locate her

Barely 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.