The #1 source for news about monkeys and apes

[Josh Greenman <joshg1973 AT yahoo.com>]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030416/168/3tlcx.html

A female gorilla eats an Easter egg out of a basket of treats given to her at 
the
Cincinnati Zoo, Wednesday, April 16, 2003, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al 
Behrman)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030416/168/3tlex.html

Ahh...spring. Chewie, an eight-year-old female gorilla, chews on crab apple 
flowers at
the Cincinnati Zoo, Wednesday, April 16, 2003, in Cincinnati, where 
temperatures reached
into the low 80's. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)  
>From axh69 AT po.cwru.edu  Tue Apr 22 11:56:30 2003
Return-Path: <axh69 AT po.cwru.edu>
Delivered-To: monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org
Received: from harris.CNS.cwru.edu (harris.CNS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.104.63])
        by happyhouse.metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DDD2001F
        for <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>;
        Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:56:30 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from model.po.cwru.edu (model.SOCI.CWRU.Edu [129.22.71.201])
 by smtp-a.cwru.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 1 (built Aug 19 2002))
 with ESMTPSA id <0HDR00EGL5M4WM AT smtp-a.cwru.edu> for
 monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:56:29 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:03:34 -0400
From: Andrew Hund <axh69 AT po.cwru.edu>
X-Sender: axh69 AT pop.cwru.edu
To: monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org
Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030422120158.00c3c590 AT pop.cwru.edu>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1
Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:44:05 -0400
Subject: [monkeywire] Monkey on the lam in Green Bay gets its owner in a jam
X-BeenThere: monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: The #1 source for news about monkeys and apes
        <monkeywire.lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/monkeywire>,
        <mailto:monkeywire-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/monkeywire>
List-Post: <mailto:monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Help: <mailto:sympa AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=HELP>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/monkeywire>,
        <mailto:monkeywire-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:56:30 -0000


Official says she doesn=92t have permit for missing primate
By Paul Srubas
psrubas AT greenbaypressgazette.com

So a lady walks into a bar, and she=92s got this monkey on her shoulder =85

No, this isn=92t a joke setup. It=92s a story about a missing monkey and the=
=20
possibly ugly and sad custody battle that likely will ensue if and when the=
=20
monkey is found.

So let=92s try it again: Tracie Cornelius of Green Bay walked into the Rock=
=20
City Pub on East Main Street Saturday, and she had Jasper, a 2-year-old=20
black-capped Capuchin monkey, on her shoulder.

Cornelius, 30, who describes herself as Jasper=92s =93mom,=94 had done this=
=20
before, and Jasper normally would leave her shoulder to explore but=20
wouldn=92t stray too far. Only this time, when a bar patron walked in the=20
back door, Jasper seized the moment and dashed through the opening.

=93I think he just got scared, and when he got outside, it was raining and=
=20
everything, so he took off,=94 Cornelius said.
Cornelius and the bar owner, Susie Delfosse, and bar patrons who have come=
=20
to know Jasper all rushed out to look for the monkey, which was much too=20
fast for all of them.

=93He=92s a little guy, and smart,=94 Delfosse said. =93Anywhere that he=
 could get=20
in that=92s warm, any nook or cranny he could get into, he would.=94

Now, more than two days later, the search is more than a race against time;=
=20
it=92s a race against Green Bay Animal Control Officer Ellen Church, who=
 says=20
Cornelius does not have the required permit to own a monkey. Under Green=20
Bay ordinance, Jasper is an exotic animal, and, as such, requires a special=
=20
permit, Church said.

=93I haven=92t issued such a permit, nor would I,=94 said Church, who=
 expressed=20
concerns that monkeys can bite. =93She can=92t have it. It will have to be=
=20
taken into my custody. Whether she gets to it first and I don=92t find out=
=20
about it, I don=92t know, but I=92ll follow up on it. And if I get a call,=
 I=92ll=20
try to catch him first.=94

That comes as a surprise to Cornelius, who thought she needed no license.=20
She bought the animal two years ago over the Internet for $4,000 and said=20
she checked with Green Bay police before the breeders shipped Jasper to her=
=20
from Florida.

=93The police said now that if they find him, they=92ll hand him over to the=
=20
humane officer,=94 Cornelius said. =93I said, =91What=92s with this?=92 But=
 I=92m going=20
to find him first.=94

Searchers will have their hands full, predicted NEW Zoo director Neil=20
Anderson.

=93Right now, the monkey has the advantage,=94 he said. =93A Capuchin is=
 very=20
intelligent, and he=92s arboreal, so he=92s likely to be up in the trees or=
=20
something. =85 If he=92s in a garage, you=92ll want to look up in the=
 rafters.=94
Discuss this topic in our
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_9899766.shtml