A Caracal cat, a resident of San Diego Zoo, caused a fuss when she gave her keepers the slip one day last month!

She saw her opportunity when a hosepipe got caught in the door whilst her enclosure was being cleaned.

The area of her enclosure is not accessible to visitors, and within 45 minutes a group of zoo keepers and vets had the Caracle (a medium sized cat native to parts of Africa and Asia) back where she belongs.