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Japan's 'convict' monkey stages daring cage break

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TOKYO – A marauding monkey that terrorized resort towns in central Japan last year by biting nearly 120 people has escaped captivity.



Officials in Mishima City said the monkey slipped out of the government-run nature park it had been kept at since its capture last October when a keeper was cleaning its cage.



The city published an emergency notice urging residents to lock their doors, though no new attacks have been reported.



The fugitive monkey, known as Lucky, is a type of macaque that is one of the most common wild mammals in Japan. They are considered a nuisance in rural areas, where they damage crops and steal food.



Lucky has proved a tough catch in the past, avoiding citywide monkey hunts during its previous two month biting spree.



Link with picture: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110124/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_marauding_monkey
 
Not finding this story funny at all. I hope they can catch Lucky before it attacks a small child or infant. If this monkey is so aggressive then it should have been euthanized when they first caught it. I'm an animal lover but when you have an aggressive animal like this, you don't lock it in a cage and hope it doesn't get out.
 
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