12 ‘Popular Monkeys’ Disappear Mysteriously in Japan; Animal Park Offers Heavy Reward for Investigation
Source: Overseas Net
Image source: Shizuoka News
Overseas Net on February 7th: "Are they okay? Don't let them freeze!" Recently, a strange thing happened at the Izumo Cactus Animal Park in Japan: 12 squirrel monkeys, which were kept in free-range, suddenly disappeared mysteriously. Because the park has relatively complete security facilities, it is not possible for the monkeys to escape on their own, so the parkyard initially identified them as being stolen.
According to reports from Shizuoka TV and other media outlets on the same day, the animal park is very popular with tourists, especially the 25 squirrel monkeys kept in free-range, are quite popular. But since last month, 12 of these squirrel monkeys disappeared one after another.
Park manager Nakamura Chihiro said: "Although free-range monkeys may run out of the park, even if they go out, they will follow the protective fence, they will not suddenly run away. Considering all possibilities, we can only think they were stolen."
Image source: Shizuoka TV
It is reported that these 25 squirrel monkeys have been freely coming and going, and have close contact with tourists. The earliest disappearance was discovered on January 19th of this year, and in the following days, more monkeys disappeared. Because the park around is surrounded by a fence about 2 meters high, they basically can't go out. In addition, in the winter, there is little food outside, and the monkeys are unlikely to voluntarily go out. The parkyard also ruled out the possibility of other animals attacking.
Subsequently, the parkyard stopped free-range keeping, and the disappearance of the monkeys stopped accordingly. So, who sneaked in at night to take away the monkeys?
Park manager Nakamura Chihiro said: "There are many surveillance cameras in the parking lot or at the entrance, but the entire parkyard cannot be covered. The matter of capturing the squirrel monkeys is not simple. If someone who is proficient in handling animals did it, it is impossible to 'do it'."
Image source: Shizuoka TV
It is reported that squirrel monkeys are often kept as pets, and Japan banned the import of squirrel monkeys for the purpose of pets since 2005. A squirrel monkey costs about 800,000 yen, and twelve cost about 10 million yen.
Regarding this, the parkyard has already sought help from the police, and appealed to the public to provide intelligence. Effective information will be paid with a reward of up to 1 million yen. (Overseas Net Wu Qian)
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