The Eurasian eagle owl was set free from its enclosure sometime Thursday night.
The police were called and Emergency Services officers attempted to get it in a cage, but the owl flew off.
Edmund Berry, who is a bird watcher and photographer, saw the owl near Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza, near Central Park at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night.It is not known why the vandals set the owl free from the zoo, which is home to several species of owl."A Eurasian eagle owl at Central Park Zoo was discovered missing from its exhibit at 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening. The exhibit had been vandalized and the stainless steel mesh cut.
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