Boston Police Rescue Escaped Exotic Bird From Shuttered Zoo

Officers with the Boston Police Department captured an unusual fugitive on Monday morning after reports that an exotic bird had escaped from the local zoo.

According to MassLive.com , a very large male peackock had escaped from Franklin Park Zoo, causing several citizens in the nearby area to alert police.

One of the officers used a "mating call" from his mobile phone to lure the bird into a fenced-in yard.

Boston Animal Control took the bird back to the Zoo, which has been closed since March due to the Coronavirus—COVID-19—pandemic.