Exotic Incident #2316
Incident Date:
09/28/2015
Location:
Sanford, FL - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Escape of animal (EA)
Species:
Primates
Animal:
Animal disposition:
Recaptured
Summary:
A pet monkey named Zeke escaped and ran around a Florida neighborhood, eating people’s mail and tearing the molding off a police car’s roof.
Police arrived after getting a concerned call were able to distract Zeke with a bottle of water until his owner came and fetched him.
Zeke previously escaped in September, 2012.
Action take by Born Free USA:
Notes:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pet-monkey-runs-wild-florida-neighborhood-article-1.2377752