Whoever was monkeying around at the Magnetic Hill Zoo doesn’t have Hercules any longer. The squirrel monkey, which was kidnapped at some point overnight and held for 18 hours, has been founddue to an anonymous tip.
Zoo Manager Bruce Dugan tells CHSJ News they got a tip some university students stole the monkey as a prank.
Dugan says he agreed not to press charges as long as Hercules was returned safe. The monkey is reportedly a bit nervous and skittish and is being monitored. This is isn’t the first case of monkey-napping to be reported in the Maritimes–in 2008, and young monkey was stolen from the Cherry Brook Zoo in Saint John then returned.
