Wolf Found Dead by Roadside, Another Still Missing After ‘Suspicious’ BC Zoo Escape

Greater Vancouver Zoo deputy general manager Menita Prasad wipes away tears as she speaks about a wolf that died and another that remains missing after a fence was cut at the facility and the animals escaped, during a news conference in Aldergrove, B.C., on Aug. 18, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)

One of the wolves that escaped its enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo this week has been found dead on a roadside, and a second wolf is still missing, the zoo’s deputy general manager said Thursday.

Menita Prasad said both the zoo’s perimeter fence and the grey wolf enclosure were deliberately “compromised” early Tuesday, allowing the zoo’s nine adult wolves to escape while five cubs stayed inside the enclosure.