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| Mobile monkey back at work after saying goodbye to the circus | Mobile monkey back at work after saying goodbye to the circus |
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| Fears about a monkey on the run in Sydney on Monday have proved unfounded, after it emerged that the fugitive's taste of freedom had lasted only a few hours. | |
| Livvie, a 23-year-old rhesus macaque from the Lennon Bros Circus, decided to make a run for it on Sunday morning in Sydney's south. | |
| St George police Inspector Rob Stark said a trainer had left a gate ajar at the circus , set up at Cahill Park in Arncliffe, and Livvie "tasted freedom". | St George police Inspector Rob Stark said a trainer had left a gate ajar at the circus , set up at Cahill Park in Arncliffe, and Livvie "tasted freedom". |
| "Livvie obviously got excited, saw the door was ajar, jumped off the pony's back and off she went," he said on Monday. | "Livvie obviously got excited, saw the door was ajar, jumped off the pony's back and off she went," he said on Monday. |
| Stark had warned that Livvie could get snappy. | Stark had warned that Livvie could get snappy. |
| "You're not supposed to touch her because when she is scared, she will bite," he said. | "You're not supposed to touch her because when she is scared, she will bite," he said. |
| But those concerns were later allayed when the owners of the monkey revealed that she had returned within a few hours. | But those concerns were later allayed when the owners of the monkey revealed that she had returned within a few hours. |
| Jan Lennon said Livvie seized her chance when a trainer was returning her pal, Bubbles the pony-rider, to his cage. | Jan Lennon said Livvie seized her chance when a trainer was returning her pal, Bubbles the pony-rider, to his cage. |
| "He turned his back and she took off through the door," she said. | "He turned his back and she took off through the door," she said. |
| "A bit of a panic set in for a while [but] she couldn't have been too far away." | "A bit of a panic set in for a while [but] she couldn't have been too far away." |