[monkeywire] Tupelo Capuchin still on the run
Carrie McLaren
temporary181 at stayfreemagazine.org
Sun Aug 5 15:24:51 EDT 2007
Monkey still on the run in Tupelo
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=248200&pub=1&div=News
8/4/2007 4:31:17 AM
By Emily Le Coz
Daily Journal
TUPELO - Oliver snubbed his girlfriend and a team of searchers hoping
for the monkey's safe return during Friday's hunt for the escaped
capuchin.
The 9-year-old primate fled the Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo on
Tuesday and continues to elude his would-be captors. As of late
Friday, the monkey was still on the loose.
Park employees used Baby, another white-faced capuchin, as bait to
lure Oliver to a cage. But the monkey did not appear, said Ann
Stewart, park employee.
"There was no sign of him anywhere," she said. Searchers "left at 8
a.m. this morning and didn't come back until 4 p.m. this afternoon.
They never saw him."
Residents, however, continue to report sightings of the cleaver
capuchin, who unlocked his cage to escape. Two children spotted him
Friday morning near a veterinary clinic on Coley Road - more than a
mile from the last place he was spotted north of McCullough Boulevard.
Oliver's escapade also continues to create excitement nationwide. On
Friday, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" aired a
segment on the monkey during which a reporter interviewed Stewart.
Anyone spotting Oliver is asked to call the park at 844-8709,
extension 0. After 5 p.m., call 401-3849.
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PHOTO: Thomas Wells
Tupelo Buffalo Park employee's Kirk Nemechek and Kimberly Owen begin
setting up traps near the Buffalo park in an attempt to catch
"Oliver" the white-faced capuchin that escaped from the park earlier
this week.
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