Oops the monkey found, returned to zoo – Roanoke.com
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Oops the monkey found, returned to zoo – Roanoke.com:
Zoo staff and animal control officers followed her through the woods and after about two hours cornered her up a tree about 30 yards from the Fishburn Parkway Spur.Staffers tried to encourage Oops to climb down by calling her name and offering her food. But she wouldn’t budge.
“She was locked tight in that tree,” said Bill Poage, the zoo’s consulting veterinarian.
After about 45 minutes, the staff decided it was time for the tranquilizer gun.
Using a ladder provided by the Roanoke Fire Department, Poage climbed to within 30 feet of the monkey.
His first shot at Oops was on the mark. Oops pulled the dart out, then climbed up and down the tree, agitated by the tranquilizer. (Read More)