Idaho Boise (AP) - in Boise zoo Saturday morning fracture left Patas blunt force trauma, head and neck and the police found at the scene to determine blood analysis, if it is from monkey dead monkey or a two personal invaders.
Police said the two men wearing dark clothes security officer found that 4:30 a.m., in the fence near the outside of primates exhibition. The two fled, and one of them to the title of the zoo. Boise police used thermal imager search covers an area of 11 acres of zoo reason, but found no one.
Boise zoo director Steve burns said: "I've been here for 15 years, we still do not have such things happen,". "It is unfortunate, we must let the children know such things happen. The monkey is always in the most favorite animals here."
Patas are usually called military monkey, the monkey, a red brown fur with ash chin whiskers and unique white beard. They widely distributed in the central Africa south of the Sahara desert, to live 20 years, in captivity.
In the search process before dawn zoo, burns hear moan, at first he thought sounded people. Originally,, is almost perimeter fence around the injury Patas monkey.
Veterinarians at the zoo call, but the monkey was dead, they in the morning 6 points, because it is check. Autopsy determined after blunt force trauma cause of death, police said.
Inventory zoo officials found no other animal missing or injury. The zoo has a residual Patas monkey - another male - but it is not clear whether it will stay at the zoo or will be sent to another zoo, it can be in social and other Patas monkey, Burns said.
"They are not in the wild harm, but there are many in the American zoo," he said. "The monkeys are social animals, we can only have one."
2 Patas monkey to Boise zoo about three years ago in Florida Tampa loring park zoo. They have a outdoor cabinet during summer vacation in Boise, but be moved to indoor primates buildings, the cold weather.
Burns said, the monkeys did not endowed with life, he don't know their age. Burns said, monkeys were killed and about two and a half feet high, weight of about 30 pounds.
Burns refused to discuss details the police investigation, including the invaders how to enter the primate building, if these monkeys may have specialized or a monkey to ultimately perimeter near the fence. And he said, the zoo didn't surveillance cameras.
"This is very disturbing, someone will deliberately into the zoo and harm to animals," said sergeant. Ted snyder, Boise spokesmen of said in a statement. "We're doing something we can find to do so."
Amy starr said, death Boise parks and recreation zoo workers feel shocked.
"They hit," starr said. "They care about animals, and every day they care about them deeply.
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