The second fugitive capybara has been returned to High Park Zoo, reportedly safe and sound.

Park staff was notified by a resident that found the capybara in a trap near the Grenadier Pond at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.

“It’s very exciting,” Megan Price, spokesperson for the city’s parks said. “We knew that the capybara was in that area, but it’s exciting that he’s finally returned home.”

Price told the Star that the capybara had a few scratches, and that it would be put indoors for several days until a vet was available to attend to it.

“Both captured capybaras remain indoors, but we’re targeting for Thursday to bring let them outside,” she said.

Other precautions are being put in place at the High Park Zoo, including the construction of two different enclosures to house the three capybaras, and the building of a higher fence in order to prevent further escapes.

The return of the runaway rodent was posted on Facebook on the website of Friends of High Park Zoo: “Home safe and sound, finally resting safely at the zoo, Welcome home. Yes this is the second capybara. Thank you everyone for your help.”

“It's baaaack!,” Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation posted on its website. “Early this morning, the remaining capybara was successfully trapped by Parks staff near Grenadier Pond at High Park.”

“It is resting quietly indoors at the High Park Zoo until a vet can check it out,” the posting continues. “Once it gets a clean bill of health, and is comfortable in its surroundings, it will be reunited with the other capybara.”

After several sightings of the second fugitive, city staff surrounded the area near the Grenadier Pond with traps, monitoring the capybara’s activities in the early morning – their most active time.

In order to ensure no more animal confusion, staff opened the trap cages around 6 a.m., to avoid any mix-up of a raccoon capture, Price said.

The other capybara was captured June 12 when he simply walked into a large cage provided by the Toronto Wildlife Centre.

The hunt for the fugitive rodents mobilized volunteers and professionals alike, who familiarized themselves with their sleeping and eating habits in hopes of finding them.

There were reported sightings far from High Park, as callers to the city reported seeing them munching on grass, on a path and in a pond.

City staff had set up live traps with corn and fruit in areas where the two had been spotted.

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There had been fears it might bolt into traffic or reach a sad end through bad weather or predators.

With files from Evelyn Kwong.