Two Brown Bears Broke Out of Their Pen. Then They Ransacked the Honey Stash.
Mish and Lucy are friendly and easygoing siblings. They get along well. This time of year, they primarily hang out in their enclosure eating fruits, nuts and honey.
But on Monday, the pair of 5-year-old bears broke out of their living quarters at a wildlife sanctuary in Devon, in Southwest England, and helped themselves to a stockpile of fresh food.
And in a scene that could've been pulled straight from 'Winnie the Pooh,' the bears devoured a week's worth of honey in about an hour.
Mark Habben, the director of zoological operations at Wildwood Trust, which operates the sanctuary, said he received a call on Monday afternoon informing him of a 'code red' at the organization's Devon location. (At the time, he was working at Wildwood Trust's other location in Kent, a roughly four-hour drive away.)
Mr. Habben said he first thought it might be a drill. But when he realized it was a genuine alert, he said, the sanctuary enacted its emergency protocol, taking 16 guests into a play barn for safety and calling the police. None of the visitors were at risk, he said, and the bears were not in a public area.
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