Fugitive Monkey Captured

Florida Orlando After being on the lam from the circus for weeks Reggie the spider monkey was found hanging in a tree.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, April 21, 2009 - 11:46 am CST Last Updated: Tue, April 21, 2009 - 12:01 pm CST
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) - After spending six weeks on the lam
from his circus owners, Reggie the monkey has been captured.
On March 13, Reggie escaped from the Liebel Family Circus when
the troupe did a show at a central Florida flea market. Nearby
residents, officials and circus members searched for the primate
for weeks.
Then Monday, residents and employees of a mobile home park
spotted the monkey hanging from a tree. They fed the monkey Coke,
potato chips and Twinkies until the owner of the circus came to
grab him.

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Jlynnsmom Says:
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:07 am

Awww, poor little thing.  Bet he was happy in that tree eating his Twinkies and chips and drinking his Coke.  Hope he isn’t mistreated there.

ickthus
ickthus Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:50 pm

stop that lol

snews
snews Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:39 pm

I haven’t had lunch yet. That monkey’s starting to look pretty tasty.

Bigdaddy62 Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:03 pm

what in the world were they thinking ? whats wrong with a banana? doesnt everone carry them around with them,PETA is going to be POed

BamaBob
BamaBob Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:29 pm

True….. the monkey is probably now obese from all that junk food and causing global warming all over the place!

ickthus
ickthus Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:26 pm

PETA will sue those poeple for poisoning that poor monkey!

BamaBob
BamaBob Says:
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:04 pm

This would have been a much more interesting story, if the monkey had been found riding that wild Florida pig.

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