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A Japanese macaque who escaped from his enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland has been captured after spending days on the run. The mischievous monkey, named Honshu, broke free from the Park over the weekend and was spotted by astonished locals, before evading Wildlife Park staff and going missing. The macaque subsequently became something of a social media star due to his exploits - but animal experts warned the public not to approach or feed him. The primate suspect was finally located in woodland on Tuesday afternoon in this drone footage from BH Wildlife Consultancy - who have been helping the Wildlife Park with its monkey hunt. Honshu was finally captured on Thursday after venturing into a local resident’s garden. Keith Gilchrist, living collections operations manager at Highland Wildlife Park explained: “We can confirm we have successfully caught the macaque that escaped from the park on Sunday, named Honshu. “After a call to our hotline just after 10am our keepers and drone team made their way to a member of the public’s garden where the monkey was eating from a birdfeeder and successfully used a tranquiliser dart to catch him. “The monkey is on the way back to the park with our keepers where he will be looked over by one of our vet team and reintroduced to sub-adult males within the group.” You can find out more about BH Wildlife Consultancy on Facebook (@bhwildlifeconsultancy), Instagram (@bh_wildlife_consultancy), and Twitter (@BenHarrower), and at https://www.bhwildlifeconsultancy.com/.