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Blackpool Zoo stolen monkeys: Four found but baby still missing | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Four of the five monkeys stolen during a "targeted" break-in at Blackpool Zoo have been found, police said. | |
Two female and one baby cotton-top tamarins and two male emperor tamarins were taken by thieves who broke into their enclosures on Tuesday night. | Two female and one baby cotton-top tamarins and two male emperor tamarins were taken by thieves who broke into their enclosures on Tuesday night. |
Lancashire Police said the baby monkey was still missing after the others were found on a doorstep in Brighouse, West Yorkshire on Friday evening. | |
Charlotte Pennie, head of primates at the zoo, collected the animals. | |
'Market for monkeys' | |
She said: "We are extremely relieved that four of the monkeys have been found safe and well, although we are also saddened that the baby cotton-top tamarin has not been found. | |
"The monkeys have all been checked and reintroduced back into their group." | |
Officers said they had been "making inquiries across Europe" as there was "definitely a market for the monkeys". | Officers said they had been "making inquiries across Europe" as there was "definitely a market for the monkeys". |
They said the thieves had cut a hole in a perimeter fence to get in. | |
PC Steve Higgs said: "We were inundated with calls from members of the public. | |
"This is still a live inquiry as we continue to investigate who was responsible for the thefts." | |
The animals can fetch up to thousands of pounds on the black market in the UK and abroad. | The animals can fetch up to thousands of pounds on the black market in the UK and abroad. |
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