Animal recovered at pound (5)
I believe the answer is:
ratel
'animal' is the definition.
(I know that ratel is a type of animal)
'recovered at pound' is the wordplay.
'recovered at' becomes 'rate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pound' becomes 'L' (abbreviation e.g. Lsd - pounds, shillings, pence).
'rate'+'l'='RATEL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ratel that I've seen before include "Mammal's" , "One eats honey" , "animal like a badger" , "Animal of Africa and India - alert (anag)" , "one wanting honey" .)