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http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/news06.html

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2001

Monkey drives Osaka cops bananas

 

Mainichi Shimbun

 

The wild Japanese monkey is put back in its cage on Tuesday.

 

- A wild Japanese monkey, which had been running amok in the town of

Minamiotomo since Sunday, was finally nabbed on Tuesday after a chase

involving some 30 local people, police said on Tuesday.

According to Tondabayashi Police Station, when the monkey was first seen on

Sunday, it was going about the town, eating dried persimmons.

 

However, at around 4:10 p.m. on Monday, the monkey attacked a seven-year-old

boy in the town at the entrance of his house. He was slightly injured in his

right hand and legs.

 

Officers of Tondabayashi Police Station immediately chased after the monkey

but could not catch the animal on that day.

 

At around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, about 30 people, including police and city

officials, were mobilized to catch the monkey. They successfully captured it

at around 8:40 a.m. after the animal entered a cage that had been baited

with bananas. The cage was left in the parking lot of the police station.

 

However, at around 11:15 a.m., the monkey escaped from the cage after

managing to open the door of the cage.

 

About 40 minutes later, police officers finally recaptured the monkey.

 

It is thought that the monkey came to the town in search of food.

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