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A male Japanese macaque who escaped from their enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland has been located in new drone footage after spending days on the run.
The mischievous monkey 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 on Tuesday afternoon by a drone used by BH Wildlife Consultancy (30January2024) - who have been helping the Wildlife Park with its monkey hunt. This video footage shows the macaque strolling through the undergrowth. However, he is still on the lam as he was only located for 45 minutes - as staff deemed it unsafe to bring him.


Ben Harrower the owner and founder of BH Wildlife Consultancy said, “Over the last two days we have been helping RZSS with their rescue mission to find the missing monkey.


“Despite the sun making it difficult for our thermal imaging to work effectively this morning, we were able to locate the Japanese Macaque this afternoon.


“The Macaque looks in good health and we will continue to support RZSS and the Highland Wildlife Park to help with the safe return of the monkey.”


Keith Gilchrist, living collections operations manager at Highland Wildlife Park explained that they are allowing the furry fugitive to remain free for at least another day.
“After continued help from @bhwildlifeconsultancy we were able to follow the macaque for 45 minutes yesterday using drones,” he said on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, he wasn’t in a position where we were confident we could bring him in safely but he is making his way closer to the park. Our team will be out again today but given the high winds we won’t be able to fly the drones but will be using thermal imaging cameras.
“We’re continuing to ask locals to please bring any obvious potential food sources like bird feeders or food waste inside. Although the macaque is not presumed dangerous to humans or pets, our advice is to not approach him but to contact our hotline on 07933928377 with any sightings.”
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