Eagle Back Inside Zoo; Bookmakers Lose
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON, December 20. Goldie, the Houdini of London Zoo’s eagles, was back behind ban again yesterday after five days of freedom. Goldie’s second break-out in the last year came to an end in rain-soaked Regents Park this morning when he was lured back to his cage with a white rat His recapture cost a leading bookmaker about £lOOO. A spokesman for Ladbrokes said: “I'm afraid that Goldie has cost us about £lOOO. “We offered M against him being caught before Christmas Day and took between £6OO and £BOO in bets.” Goldie first flapped his way to freedom last March for 12 days of liberty, which he spent soaring over London—and attacking small dogs and tame ducks in his search for food. But he was wet and
bedraggled, though fit, when recaptured today, and had not eaten for five days. “It was hunger that trapped him. He was very wet and in bad shape for flying," a zoo official said.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30939, 21 December 1965, Page 24
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