A two-year-old wolf that escaped from a South Korean zoo has become an unlikely commercial sensation after his nine-day missing act prompted a rush of merchandise and even a cryptocurrency minted in his name.
Neukgu escaped from the safari enclosure at O-World in Daejeon city on 8 April after digging under a fence, and was captured on 17 April near a highway interchange. His escape triggered a multi-agency search involving roughly 300 personnel and drones and led to the closure of a nearby elementary school.
