A 25-pound (11.3-kg) clouded leopard that escaped its habitat at the Dallas zoo and remained at large for more than six hours while officials shut down the park and issued a special "Code Blue" alert, was found safe on Friday afternoon, zoo officials said. Nova, a 3- to 4-year-old female, had been reported missing shortly after 10 a.m. local time, prompting a "Code Blue" alert, which notifies all staff that a non-dangerous animal is missing. The big cat was ultimately found close to its mesh-enclosed home, the zoo said.
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