Escaped monkey found roaming Scottish Highlands five days after breaking free | ITV News

A missing monkey which escaped from a Scottish wildlife park five days ago was caught after being found eating from a birdfeeder, the zoo has confirmed to ITV News. Honshu, a Japanese Macaque, was captured safely with a tranquiliser dart, is recovering well and is currently being monitored. On Thursday morning, a team from the park continued their extensive search operations, using drones to try to locate the monkey in the Scottish Highlands. Highland Wildlife Park boss Keith Gilchrist said: “After a call to our hotline just after 10am our keepers and drone team made their way to a member of the public’s garden where the monkey was eating from a birdfeeder and successfully used a tranquiliser dart to catch him. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: • Get breaking news and more stories at Follow ITV News on Facebook: Follow ITV News on Twitter: Follow ITV News on Instagram: