Rare Monkeys Stolen From Zoo

The golden lion tamarin.

Over the weekend, seventeen rare, endangered monkey inhabiting the Beauval Zoo in France, were stolen. The thieves cut holes into the fences surrounding the primate's habitat, and then covered the surveillance camera. Allegedly, they used wooden boxes to carry away seven golden lion tamarins and 10 silvery marmosets. The zoo director, Rodolphe Delord, stated that the monkeys always slept in family groups, and were cared by specialists, since the endangered species were a part of a breeding program. He told authorities that only 500 employees would have had access to the zoo. The amount of money all of those monkeys lost is about 228 thousand dollars. Delord's plea to get the monkeys back has gone viral, and police authorities continue to study hundreds of hours of surveillance camera to hopefully find evidence on suspects.

The silvery marmoset.