Leipzig Zoo on Thursday said a monkey taken from its enclosure had been discovered in the eastern German city’s Reudnitz district.
Zookeepers returned the 15-year-old female lion-tailed macaque, named Ruma, to her home where she was described as “weakened” but not hurt.
How did the zoo track Ruma down?
A jogger spotted Ruma perched among tree branches and reported it to the police.
“At first I thought it was a racoon,” the man told the Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper.
The zoo team and police officers sprang into action but, determined not to be caught again, the monkey sought refuge in a nearby apartment building. There, the zoo team managed to catch her in the building’s stairwell using a net.
“We are relieved that…
