A motorist spotted Tupelo’s escaped primate and helped in its capture.
By Emily Le Coz
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Oliver the monkey is back in his pen at the Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo after a week on the loose.
An observant motorist Monday morning ended the search for the white-faced capuchin who had unlocked his cage and fled the park July 31.
Mike Fair spotted what he called “the little bitty ol’ monkey” on the side of Coley Road as he rode to work with his son and a friend at about 8:30 a.m.
“We pulled over,” Fair said, “and he took off to the edge of the woods, and that’s when we called 911.”
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