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UPDATE:

Published: Friday, April 25, 2008

A rare baby monkey stolen from the Cherry Brook Zoo in Saint John, N.B., was successfully reunited with its parents and brother Friday morning.

"They're just bouncing off the walls down there," said Lynda Collrin, the director of zoo development. "The mother and father are jumping from branch to branch. The little baby and the brother are chasing each other all over the place, which is what they normally do."

"One was on one end of the branch, one was on the other and the mother and father were sitting there watching, and the little female and the brother met in the middle of the branch and touched noses."

April, a South American Callimico goeldii monkey, was abducted from her cage Tuesday night, sparking a desperate plea from zookeepers for her safe return.

Police got a call around midnight Thursday from a man with "a low voice," who provided the exact location of the baby monkey. They found her behind a building near a gas station in a plastic container with a few air vents cut into it, and speedily returned her to the zoo.

"Two police cars came with lights flashing and they hadn't touched her," said zoo employee Shirley MacAulay. "They didn't even know if she was alive or not."

April spent the night in a crate and was returned to her family during the morning feeding time.

"There's always the possibility of rejection," said Collrin, a primatologist. "Is there a smell on her they're going to find abnormal? Are they so upset by this that they're going to turn on her? You never know."

"But there was absolutely no rejection whatsoever. They were just so excited to have her back."

Collrin said the zoo will not press charges but a police investigation into the heist continues.

Police said a note was attached to the top of the box April was found in. It said the animal had been cared for and fed, although it also suggested the zoo increase its security measures.


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Yay! She's home :)

@ Abominus - Wouldn't be that hard really...damn thing weighs less than a pound. Plus considering the funding that this zoo gets, their security system is about as high tech as a padlock.