Overview
- Search teams shifted to the Twyford–Brambridge waterway after Sunday’s video showed Samba in the River Itchen.
- Sniffer dogs have tracked her scent nearby, which let crews deploy thermal drones and patrols where she is most likely to hide.
- The zoo asks residents to check gardens, ponds, and rivers and to send a photo with an exact location to its 24-hour hotline at 07436 167401.
- Keepers warn that capybaras love water and move more at dusk, which makes a calm, night-aware recovery plan essential.
- Samba escaped a temporary pen last Tuesday while her sister was recaptured, and the zoo has opened a review into how it happened.