In Malaysia, a monkey ‘kidnapped’ a puppy and held it captive for three days.
The monkey in issue is said to be a member of a group that steals food from households in Taman Lestari Putra, and on September 16, it grabbed two-week-old puppy Saru before scuttling up an electricity pole.
When residents learned about Saru’s kidnapping, they felt they had to act quickly to save him.
“The puppy seemed worn and exhausted, yet the monkey did not seem to damage it,” observed onlooker Cherry Lew Yee Lee. The puppy was just held by the monkey while it went around.
“It appeared to be treating the puppy as if it were a buddy or a child, which was weird. We needed to save the poor puppy, though, because it appeared to be famished.”
The monkey kept fleeing into the forest, so retrieving the puppy was no easy task.
Residents attempted to entice the monkey with food, but they were unable to approach the puppy.
Thankfully, on the third day of the kidnapping, when the puppy was becoming weak, residents were able to drive the monkey away by throwing rocks and wood at it and firing off bangers, and the monkey eventually freed the puppy.
During the rescue attempt, no one was wounded, including the monkey, who vanished back into the forest.
Here’s the video of the dramatic rescue attempt:
Saru was taken home by a local to be checked for injuries and fed, and after determining that they were in good health, the dog was put up for adoption.
Saru is said to be a stray puppy taken from a litter in the area.
The occurrence has prompted many locals to suspect that the monkey gang is responsible for the prior inexplicable disappearance of pets in the neighborhood.
Every year, the Malaysian government receives an average of 3,800 complaints regarding monkeys from the general people.
In response to the concerns, the country’s wildlife authority created a huge culling scheme, with up to 70,000 macaques killed annually between 2013 and 2016.
A monkey in China has been videotaped sharpening a rock before smashing the glass of its zoo enclosure, in what appears to be a portent of a Planet of the Apes-style scenario.
Many people believe that animals should not be kept in captivity, yet because they are unable to communicate with us verbally, we are frequently forced to interpret their body language.
Is that tiger pacing because he’s in a bad mood? Is that bear wandering in circles because it has completely lost its mind?
However, if a monkey manages to pick up a rock, sharpen it, and then destroy its glass enclosure with it, the message is unmistakable.
After being shared online, the video of the monkey’s outstanding efforts became viral, garnering millions of views.
The incident occurred in August 2019 at the Zhengzhou Zoo in central Henan Province.
The video shows the zoo’s resident Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) standing near the glass wall and holding the pointed object aloft with both hands before repeatedly pounding the window.
The monkey broke the enclosure’s boundaries, shattering the exhibit wall’s glass and cracking the entire pane of glass, which stunned visitors.
While onlookers were astonished by the episode, no one was more startled than the little monkey, who was plainly rattled by its own strength and fled in terror after the glass shattered.
“The monkey began sharpening the stone, then it started banging it against the glass,” Mr Wang, a tourist, remembered.
“The monkey frightened itself away, but it returned for a second look and even stroked it.”
“This monkey is unlike other monkeys,” Tian Shuliao, a Zhengzhou Zoo employee, told local media. This one understands how to shatter walnuts with tools.
“When we give other monkeys walnuts, they just know how to bite them.”
“However, it had never impacted the glass before.” This is the first time I’ve done something like this. It wouldn’t have gotten out because it’s toughened glass.
“We gathered up all the boulders and took away all of its ‘weapons’ after it happened.”
He explained that the glass would be replaced and that the zoo’s patrols would be increased in the future to ensure that no animals attempted to escape.
If you ask me, it sounds like a bunch of spoilsports; return the monkey’s weapons and release it free.