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Chloe Hughes<\/p>\n

BBC News, West Midlands<\/p>\n

\"HooHoo Zoo<\/p>\n

Cinnamon’s Big Adventure will premier on YouTube on Sunday<\/p>\n

The adventures of Cinnamon captured the world’s attention when she made a run for the wilderness after her enclosure gate was left open.<\/p>\n

The escaped capybara sparked an extensive seven-day rodent-hunt near her home at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Shropshire, in September 2024.<\/p>\n

Her story led to internet memes, a song, merchandise and even a book. But now, to top it all, a cartoon of her exploits is set for a YouTube premiere on Sunday at 18:00 BST and a cinema release. <\/p>\n

Of course, everyone loves a happy ending and Cinnamon’s Big Adventure will end with her returning home, as she did – though not until after exploring woods and marshes before being found, seemingly unbothered, in a pond.<\/p>\n

The short cartoon film is set to played on the big screen nationwide before selected films at Showcase Cinemas, later this year.<\/p>\n

At the time of her escape, zoo owner Will Dorrell said the adventurous capybara was “probably living her best life”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"HooHoo Zoo<\/p>\n

Cinnamon was captured after seven days on the run last September<\/p>\n

After the film’s announcement, he said: “When Cinnamon escaped, she quickly captured the hearts of people all around the world.<\/p>\n

“The book was an inevitable follow on from the original news story, but now seeing it come to life as a film is something special.<\/p>\n

“We can’t wait for families to enjoy it on YouTube and then experience it on the big screen. It really is a pinch me moment.”<\/p>\n

Cinnamon got new pond<\/p>\n

Cinnamon’s adventure had already been turned into a book of the same name<\/a>, written by local author Tracey J Morgan and illustrated by viral “Rubbish Pet Portraits” artist Hercule Van Wolfwinkle.<\/p>\n

Its proceeds are reinvested into the future development of the zoo, with the first cash pay-out being used for a new pond for the giant rodent and her family this summer.<\/p>\n

\"HooHoo Zoo<\/p>\n

Cinnamon’s escape captured people’s attention across the world<\/p>\n

At one point, Cinnamon made it to the Humber Brook river, near the attraction’s northern boundary, which was “a capybara’s paradise” due to the vegetation and nearby water.<\/p>\n

At the time, Mr Dorrell said she had beaten the search team “on all counts” because she could move at up to 20mph and was a fantastic swimmer.<\/p>\n

During her escape, she was also seen on a drone “munching on grass quite happily”.<\/p>\n

But there were concerns Cinnamon could end up on neighbouring Ministry of Defence land or nearby roads and live traps were set up, playing capybara noises to encourage her home.<\/p>\n

Eventually, 10 people were called to wade into the pond to move her back into a waiting cage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chloe Hughes BBC News, West Midlands Hoo Zoo Cinnamon’s Big Adventure will premier on YouTube on Sunday The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-377008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115099478932516844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}