The search to find a wolf that escaped from the Daejeon O-World zoo on the 8th has continued into a second day.

On the 9th, O-World and related agencies, including fire and police, deployed more than 40 pieces of equipment such as drones and over 400 personnel to track the whereabouts of a male wolf born in 2024 that escaped from the zoo the previous day.

Authorities believe the wolf that escaped the zoo and was sighted on a nearby road is now in the low mountain behind O-World, and they are focusing their search on the area.

Last night, they used drones equipped with high-resolution thermal cameras to confirm its location in the area, but the capture attempt failed.

An official from Daejeon Urban Corporation, which manages O-World, said, “We confirmed its location overnight with thermal-imaging drones, and the wolf was sighted even after sunrise today, but its movements were so fast that capture was difficult,” and added, “We plan to guide it back to its enclosure or capture it within today if at all possible.”

Experts view the golden time to guide the escaped wolf back or capture it as about 48 hours, because once its activity range expands, capture can become even more difficult.

At around 9:15 a.m. the previous day, a wolf in the wolf-safari exhibit used a gap in the fence to escape and left the zoo.

That day, the city of Daejeon sent a safety text message stating, “The search for the wolf that escaped from O-World is ongoing, so please refrain from entering the area near Bomunsan.”