Red Panda Missing from National Zoo
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A male red panda has turned up missing at the Smithsonian National Zoo, a spokeswoman said Monday, and zoo officials have been combing the grounds searching for him.
Rusty, who is less than a year old and is about the size of a raccoon, was not seen in his enclosure at 7:30 a.m. Monday, and the zoo sounded a "Code Green" alert for an escaped animal at 8 a.m.
The zoo gates were closed temporarily as the search began, but were reopened at 9:45 a.m., after the animal wasn't found, said spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson.
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