Scoping Out The Neighborhood

A sinister surveillance of a high-priced suburb of Wellington, New Zealand has finally been brought to an end. The agent had escaped from custody along with two accomplices, who were recaptured almost immediately. The fugitive eluded capture for almost a month though and gathered a great deal of information about Devenport. But Jin was finally captured on Monday. Jin, the master spy. Jin the Asiatic short-clawed otter.

Jin, a short-clawed Asiatic otter which escaped from Auckland Zoo on June 13, was found in a trap on an island in the Hauraki Gulf — part of the harbor that forms the eastern sea entrance to New Zealand's largest city.

The otter was sighted by a sailor Sunday and extra food was laid out for her around traps on islands in the Gulf. Zoo staff said she had been caught overnight.

"She is in pretty good shape. But obviously she will be a little worse for the wear for being out there," zoo spokeswoman Jane Healy told the New Zealand Press Association.

Jin was being taken back to the zoo for checks by a veterinarian, Healy said.

While on the run, Jin had captured the public's attention with almost daily media coverage on her continued evasion despite the best attentions of the zoo and New Zealand's Department of Conservation.

The fools thought this was entertaining. They simply haven't caught on to the fact that Jin was picking out prime real estate and plotting the animal uprising in New Zealand.