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Authorities catch up with 'hitchhiking' monkey
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-05 16:08

 

A squirrel monkey escaped from the Beijing Wildlife Zoo and "hitchhiked" over 50 kilometres to the city of Bazhou in Hebei Province.

A villager near Bazhou saw the monkey jump off a lorry over the weekend. He caught it in a string bag and reported to the local forestry bureau, which returned the monkey to the zoo.