Ochsner Park Zoo closed after vandals attempt to release animals; otters recovered, owls still missing

Bridget Cooke
Jun 7, 2022
Jun 7, 2022
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060822-bara-news-zoo2 — A pair of river otters, seen here in their Ochsner Park Zoo enclosure, temporarily escaped the zoo before being found Tuesday afternoon swimming in the Baraboo River.
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A pair of otters temporarily escaped the Ochsner Park Zoo on Tuesday while two great horned owls remain missing after staff arrived in the morning to find the gates to the zoo cut and a number of animal enclosures open.

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060822-bara-news-zoo3 — One of 15 padlocks cut through by intruders sits broken outside an enclosure Tuesday at the Ochsner Park Zoo. Interim Baraboo Police Chief Rob Sinden said investigators suspect a group of people entered by force to release the rehabilitative and rescued animals kept there.
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060822-bara-news-zoo1 — Two great horned owls, one shown here, escaped the Ochsner Park Zoo after a group or individual broke into the facility by cutting gate locks and opening enclosures in what looks to be encouraging animals to leave the zoo.
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