TEL AVIV, Israel (WFLA) — Israel’s largest zoo is scrambling to find a monkey who swung out of a tree and escaped from the wildlife park near Tel Aviv.
The safari, located in the adjacent city of Ramat Gan, is asking the public to help find Kuner, a 17-year-old wedge-capped Capuchin Monkey who fled yesterday.
Officials said the monkey escaped likely after a fight with rival males in his enclosure.
The zoo says the 6.6 pound monkey is about the size of a cat and poses no danger.
The zoo urged people to be careful if they see Kuner and avoid making loud noises that could scare him away.
Kuner has a form for escaping, having previously gone on the run eleven years ago, when a storm knocked over a tree trunk that he used as a bridge to walk away.
On that occasion he returned shortly afterward and keepers will be hoping to have him back safe and sound once again.
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