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There's a great gift shop at Knowsley Safari Park .

It sells all manner of trinkets and momentos from your day.

But for one sticky-fingered individual, this isn't quite enough. They're after something else - and it's not available in the shop.

In a bizarre 'poodunnit' case, two of Knowsley Safari’s newest visitor exhibits have been stolen - model poos. Seriously.

The theft was discovered this week by staff at the Merseyside attraction, who noticed the models had gone missing from the Woodland Trail section of the park.

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These models are, respectively, replicas of wolf and dog dung and had been fixed to wooden plinths this summer, as part of a trail of clues guests can find to determine if wolves are living in the area.

It turns out though, that when you really, really want to pinch fake poo, nothing will get in your way.

Now, Safari bosses are hoping that the mystery pooper scooper can be flushed out and are looking to replace the props with more robust models.

Knowsley Safari’s Learning and Discovery Manager, Nikki Mallott, says: "We have loved spending the summer on the trail of wolves and exploring the woodland with our guests.

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"We are hoping it is a practical joke that these fake poos have been taken - as far as souvenirs of a trip to the Safari go, they’d have been better off looking in our gift shop.

"This area is primarily meant for children to enjoy and explore, and of course kids love the ‘yuck’ factor of the poo, so we’re getting new ones made."

Hopefully these will stick around a little longer than their predecessors.