NZ frollicking, fur coated, hobnobbing runaway finally in custody..

[SoCalDem]

Fugitive otter recaptured after month on the run

Mon Jul 10, 8:05 AM ET

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - An escapee who had spent almost a month on the run, eating the finest food and frolicking in clear public sight on the beach of one of New Zealand's swankiest suburbs has been recaptured by desperate authorities.

Jin, a short-clawed Asiatic otter which escaped from Auckland Zoo on June 13, was found in a trap on an island in the Hauraki Gulf -- part of the harbor that forms the eastern sea entrance to New Zealand's largest city.

The otter was sighted by a sailor Sunday and extra food was laid out for her around traps on islands in the Gulf. Zoo staff said she had been caught overnight.

"She is in pretty good shape. But obviously she will be a little worse for the wear for being out there," zoo spokeswoman Jane Healy told the New Zealand Press Association.

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1. lol -- wiley otters on the loose!

lock up your abalone!