Camels Shawn and Todd, 5, are shown in this undated photo from the Bowmanville Zoo. The animals, along with a tiger, were recovered this week.HO/The Canadian Press
A tiger and two camels stolen in a bizarre caper that made international headlines have, after a four-day disappearance, been found safe and returned to their zoo outside Toronto.
"They're home safe," said Stefanie MacEwan, the head zookeeper, said Tuesday.
The Bowmanville zoo says it will let the animals rest for a day before a news conference Wednesday.
Quebec provincial police spokesman Ronald McInnis confirmed the animals were recovered near Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, about 90 kilometres east of Montreal late Monday night.
Police say the animals are in good health and that a call from the public led officers to them on Monday night.
Mr. McInnis said they were in their cages in the trailer and had been fed.
The tiger, named "Jonas," and the two camels were being taken to the Bowmanville, Ontario zoo from Nova Scotia last Friday.
The truck was stolen when the driver stopped for a rest at a motel last Thursday night.
The truck was found, but not the trailer, and truck weigh stations in Quebec and U.S. border crossings were placed on alert to watch for the trailer.
Zoos were also alerted to watch for anyone trying to sell the animals.
The theft received international attention on news websites around the world including India, Africa, New Zealand and Britain's BBC.