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Escaped bears caught on camera eating week’s worth of honey

Moment escaped bears caught by CCTV eating a week’s worth of honey
  • A European bear named Lucy and her accomplice Mish escaped from their enclosure at Wildwood Devon in Ottery St Mary on Monday.
  • CCTV footage showed Lucy raiding a food storage area, where the two bears consumed a week's worth of honey during their hour-long escape.
  • Staff at Wildwood Devon continuously monitored the bears and safely returned them to their enclosure after an hour.
  • The zoo evacuated members of the public as a precaution during the incident.
  • Watch the video in full above.
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