Members of the Sequoia Park Zoo and the Eureka Police Department are searching for a red panda named Masala who somehow escaped from her enclosure and has since been spotted in an adjacent wooded area.

Officials in Eureka, California, are scrambling to find a red panda that has escaped from her enclosed home at the Sequoia Park Zoo on Thursday. 
One of the first indications that Masala was missing was reportedly when, according to the zoo manager, Gretchen Ziegler, “Someone in the community [said] that they saw a red panda in their neighborhood.” 
The wooded area behind the park seems to be the