A male wolf that escaped from O-World in Daejeon has not been captured for a second day. Authorities resumed a large-scale capture operation centered on the area near O-World.
According to fire authorities on the 9th, police, the military, a special forces unit, and hunters formed a search team of about 250 people and began searching for the wolf from the morning, focusing on the area near O-World.
The wolf escape was reported at about 10:10 a.m. the previous day, and rescuers were deployed from 10:24 a.m. to begin the search. Initially, believing the wolf likely had not left the zoo, the search focused inside the facility, but after the wolf was spotted inside the zoo, the search area widened.
The search team directly spotted the wolf at 9:47 p.m. the previous day, but failed to capture it as the animal fled. The team has not directly seen the wolf since, but is tracking it based on location tips. They currently believe the wolf is likely in the low mountain behind O-World and around the Bomun Mountain area, and are searching accordingly.
At night, to avoid agitating the wolf, they continued the search with a minimum crew of about 50 people and thermal imaging cameras.
Authorities plan to attempt a live capture of the wolf, but if the capture is delayed and public safety is threatened, shooting it remains a possibility. The "golden time" to capture a wolf is known to be within 48 hours.