« on: April 05, 2008, 06:17:30 PM »
Guys, I give you one more Florida story today!
No word on his DU name.
And they caught him by luring him with a banana. Who knew!!!!
A diaper-wearing monkey named Prada chased after residents at a southwest Orlando condo complex Friday before animal-control workers tricked him into a cage with their secret weapon: a banana.
Police said the pandemonium started about 9:20 a.m., when a woman flagged down an officer in the 5500 block of Conroy Road to report an escaped monkey that was terrorizing residents at the Studio Parc Condominiums.
Officer Safwat Shaheed entered the complex and spotted the 4-year-old brown-and-gray capuchin monkey, similar to the lovable primate in the television series Friends, perched on top of a wall, wearing a diaper.
Prada was "charging citizens as they were attempting to capture it," Shaheed wrote in the report.
"The owner of the monkey had a caregiver taking care of the pet, but somehow he got out of his cage and out through an open window and into the complex," said Vanessa Bouffard-Fehl of Orange County Animal Services.
But Prada's future is up in the air because his owner did not have the permit required by Florida law to maintain a primate as a pet.
The monkey is temporarily at the Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge in Bithlo. But Bouffard-Fehl said Prada will be turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The Orlando Sentinel could not reach the staff at the refuge or the wildlife commission for comment.
Sgt. Barbara Jones of the Orlando Police Department said animal services managed to trap the wily monkey by luring him into a cage with a banana and some apples.
No one was injured in the chase or capture of the monkey.
Police said the monkey escaped from an apartment at 4676 Middlebrook Road, just a few blocks from where Prada chased residents.
The resident of that apartment could not be reached for comment.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires that owners of capuchin monkeys carry a special permit to keep the primates as pets.
The permit is free, but it requires owners to either submit proof of at least 1,000 hours of experience in the care, feeding and handling of primates, or to complete a written exam on the care of the monkeys.
According to the wildlife commission's guidelines, capuchin monkeys must be kept in a cage measuring 6 feet by 6 feet and including a perching area, shelter and climbing equipment.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-monkey0508apr05,0,6310054.story
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