Monday, June 26, 2006

Twinkle the porcupine on the run

A porcupine called Twinkle is on the loose after escaping from a farm visitors' centre in Cumbria.

The three-feet long, three-year-old female, burrowed under a fence and escaped from Eden Ostrich World in Langwathby, near Penrith, on Saturday.

Cumbria Police have warned the public not to approach the animal because her detachable, poison-filled quills can become embedded in skin.

"She could make a real mess of someone's garden".

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