Monkey escapes from Ueno Zoo
The addition of new monkeys to the Ueno Zoo had some unexpected results yesterday:
A total of 23 nationally protected macaques from Aomori’s Shimokita Peninsula, which were transported from their native habitats to Tokyo last spring, were shown to the public starting at 9:30 a.m. but one of them went over the fence and disappeared, the officials said.
Zoo staff members tried unsuccessfully to capture the monkey with nets and tranquilizer guns, and around six hours later, the monkey was finally detected and captured by a net near the zoo, they said.
“The monkey must have been surprised with the new surroundings and escaped,” a zoo official said. “I’m relieved it was captured.”
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