After escaping from a Central Park Zoo enclosure, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, has eluded various rescue attempts. Zoo officials were once uncertain about his survival in the wild, but Flaco has ...

An eagle-owl out of the zoo and loose in Central Park shows he can hunt, prompting officials to pause and re-evaluate recovery efforts. Share full article. 205. Video.

Flaco, the famous Central Park Zoo owl who went missing after a vandal tampered with the bird's exhibit more than a year ago, died Friday, zoo officials said.

A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York City on Feb. 6. It escaped after its enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, and it's now hunting for itself.

Flaco left his home at the Central Park Zoo on Feb. 2, 2023 after someone opened his cage.. A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

By sunrise, the zoo said, Flaco had flown back into Central Park, where workers maintained “visual contact” with him throughout Friday. As dusk came, he remained out of reach.

Flaco escaped his exhibit at the Central Park Zoo in February of last year, after a vandal or vandals cut through the stainless steel mesh of the enclosure, the zoo said. He had lived there for 13 ...