Vancouver Zoo

The wolves that were found outside their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo Tuesday appear to have been freed on purpose, according to officials.

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B.C.'s Environment Ministry says the Conservation Officer Service was dispatched after the Greater Vancouver Zoo asked for help recapturing wolves that had ...

[injured by a jaguar during feeding](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greater-vancouver-zoo-worker-injured-1.6305349) in December 2021. It's unclear how many wolves had escaped. [airlifted to hospital after she was bitten by a black bear](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/child-bit-black-bear-vancouver-zoo-1.5237742) at the zoo. In a Later in the afternoon, the zoo said it was still working to capture "a small number of remaining wolves," which the ministry says are in the zoo's property, but not in their enclosure. [statement posted to its website](https://gvzoo.com/news/gvzoo-update?fbclid=IwAR3tmpzyoH-CMaOpYs08pLpJg84Lrh3ByYRfMH3m3jBxXa8Fe6F-BFVVBzE), the Greater Vancouver Zoo — located about 55 kilometres east of Vancouver in the Aldergrove community of the Township of Langley — said it asked police to look into what happened Tuesday morning, as the incident was deemed "suspicious, and believed to be due to malicious intent."

The Greater Vancouver Zoo says a "small number" of its wolves are unaccounted for after the animals were believed to have been released.

The zoo says on its website that a number of wolves were discovered outside their enclosure in the morning and it's working with the B.C. The zoo says most of the wolves are back in the care of its animal health and welfare team. — The Greater Vancouver Zoo says a "small number" of its wolves are unaccounted for after the animals were believed to have been released as a result of "malicious intent," but there is no danger to the public.

Last Updated Aug 16, 2022, 5:15PM PDT. The BC Conservation Service is on-site in Langley after wolves escaped from their zoo enclosure Tuesday. Multiple wolves ...

At least one wolf remains at large and the public is asked to keep back and report it immediately if spotted. Police are investigating if there was ...

Anyone who sees a wolf in the area is asked to keep their distance and report the animal immediately to the Report all Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) line at "The Greater Vancouver Zoo requested [Conservation Officer Service] support to recapture wolves that had escaped their enclosure earlier today," according to a spokesperson for B.C.'s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in an email statement to Vancouver Is Awesome. The zoo is now working with the Langley RCMP and conservation officers to contain the wolves and investigate their escape.

People hoping to visit the Greater Vancouver Zoo were turned away at the gates Tuesday morning as conservation officers and Mounties dealt with a wolf ...

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The Greater Vancouver Zoo is closed for a second day after wolves were apparently freed intentionally at the facility.

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LANGLEY, B.C. — Police say the wolf enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo was damaged by someone who is suspected to have broken into the facility and ...

Conservation Officer Service to "contain" the animals. At this point there's there's no surveillance, so we don't have any information to indicate how they got in or suspect information." It said there was no danger to the public, and it was working with the B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Greater Vancouver Zoo remains closed a day after a number of its wolves got out of their enclosure in what the zoo suspects was a ...

Conservation Officer Service to "contain" the animals. At this point there's there's no surveillance, so we don't have any information to indicate how they got in or suspect information." It said there was no danger to the public, and it was working with the B.C.

The Greater Vancouver Zoo remains closed a day after a number of its wolves got out of their enclosure in what the zoo suspects was a "malicious" act.

It said there was no danger to the public. Conservation Officer Service to "contain'' the animals. The facility remains closed for a second day.