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Runaway monkey pestering Makati village folk
Posted 05:08am (Mla time) Feb 14, 2005
By Irene C. Perez
Inquirer News Service
http://news.inq7.net/metro/index.php?index=1&story_id=27453

IF YOU pass by San Miguel Village in Makati City 
and happen to see a monkey perched on a tree or 
electric post, call the police or inform 
residents.

The primate has allegedly been pestering village 
folk in the Barangay Poblacion community for a 
week now, and efforts to catch it have been 
futile, Anthony Torre, security officer of the 
village yesterday said.

Torre said the monkey, which was as big as a 
year-old baby, could have been someone's pet, but 
no one's claiming it.

According to him, the furry animal shows itself 
in the mornings and late afternoons, appearing in 
one street and popping up in another.

In the week it had been loose, the monkey has 
reportedly destroyed property and gained the ire 
of residents in the village of about 100 
families, Torre said.

The other day, it broke a car wiper on F. Zobel Street.

Yesterday afternoon, it took and broke a 
9-year-old boy's toy on the same street.

Because their village is lined with trees, Torre 
said the monkey picked up the habit of throwing 
fruits on passersby on Candelaria Street.

There are also reports that the monkey once 
entered a house on Layog Street and smashed 
bottles.

On another occasion, the primate ripped laundry off a resident's clothesline.

Torre said they hope to catch the monkey before 
the residents' patience runs out.

The security officer explained that if everything 
failed, they might be forced to shoot it with an 
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