The Owl Who Escaped Captivity and Won the Hearts of the World Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl spent more than 12 years living in a small enclosure in the Central Park Zoo, until the night of February 2, 2023 when an unknown liberator cut a hole in the steel mesh of his cage and set him free. Though zoo authorities and park rangers spent two weeks trying to trap him, convinced that Flaco couldn't survive on his own, Flaco proved them wrong, learning to hunt, fly, and make the city his own. FLACO is the comprehensive visual book which captures Flaco's incredible year of freedom, documented by many of the key photographers who followed his sojourns across the city. The book highlights the work of artists, across a range of media from totem poles to stitchwork, who were inspired by his story, and is the sole publication to feature the memorial objects left at the base of Flaco's favorite oak in Central Park, after his death.