(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Posted on Facebook on October 17th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two pelicans who escaped from their habitat at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Saturday have been captured. 

According to a spokesperson of that zoo on Saturday evening, the two pelicans named Joey and Felicity, were captured and safely returned to the facility with no injuries after leaving their habitat.  

Joey was rescued from the Allegheny River that is near Sharpsburg.

It was not immediately clear where Felicity was discovered.