There are a few ways they do this. They out run. They will hide from capture. They will fight to avoid capture.
To Cleverly avoid capture.
It sounds like you might be describing nocturnal animals that are active at night and exhibit evasive behavior to avoid predators or capture. Examples of such animals could include owls, bats, or raccoons.
Hunting.
They cornered him in Asia Minor decades later, and he suicided to avoid capture.
Wild Animals
An opossum will do that.
A video camera.
he died by killing himself to avoid the Americans to capture him
To escape or avoid by cunning. Especially capture
It was said that she killed herself.
The animals were usually exotic animals and were usually imported from Africa. Hunters would capture the animals from Africa and sail back to Rome for the animals to fight in the colosseum.
the syrup lets off a sweetie smell and the animals like it