Police warning after monkey escapes from Cumbrian zoo
Page last updated at 17:22 GMT, Thursday, 8 April 2010 18:22 UK
A search is under way after a South American monkey escaped from a wild animal park in Cumbria.
The small beige Capuchin went missing from his enclosure at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton.
Staff from the centre, which is home to dozens of exotic animals, called in police to help in the search operation.
Capuchins are native to the Amazon basin, about 20ins (51cm) high and recognisable by a distinctive black or dark brown head with dark sideburns.
Karen Brewer from the zoo said it was unclear how the monkey had got out of its enclosure.
She added: "It's only a small monkey so it is not going to hurt anybody or anything like that.
"It will be really scared and just wanting to get back home."
Really? Then why call in the police? And why should the police thereafter issue a warning to the public? Why the big hunt for such a "harmless" creature? What aren't they telling us about this monkey?
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