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Escaped porcupines found on housing estate

Colin Colthart & Giancarlo Rinaldi
BBC Scotland Dumfries
Keith Higham PorcupinesKeith Higham
The porcupines were spotted on the loose on Saturday morning

A pair of escaped porcupines caused a stir when they were spotted on a housing estate in southern Scotland.

They made their way out of an enclosure in a new small animals complex at Dalscone Farm Park near Dumfries.

The porcupines managed to dislodge a metal door fitting and turned up about a mile away in Heathhall where they were seen by a number of residents on Saturday morning.

The pair were eventually rounded up and safely returned to their nearby home.

Escaped porcupines found on housing estate

Dalscone owner, Ben Best, said the animals had been safely in their new enclosure on Friday night but were gone by Saturday.

"We realised they were missing first thing in the morning," he said.

"We had moved them up late on Friday night - about 22:00.

"We came back in at 07:30 on Saturday morning and thought: 'Has someone moved them out of the pen":[]}