Flaco the owl flees New York Central Park zoo after enclosure vandalized

A Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York, on Monday, after it escaped from the Central Park zoo. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

A Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco escaped New York’s Central Park zoo on Thursday night after his enclosure was vandalized and is still on the loose in Manhattan.

Flaco was spotted at different times since fleeing by various onlookers, once on a sidewalk on Fifth Avenue, across from the Plaza Hotel, and perched on trees around Central Park.