Grave fears for monkeys stolen from zoo - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) members may also remember the case of the ones that were stolen last year from Symbio: http://www.zoochat.com/24/marmosets-tamarins-taken-raid-152725/
according to news reports the male has now been found dead in a backyard, the female is yet to be found.
Lets hope they find the mongrels and throw the book at them. Cottontops are critically endangered in the wild. Hix
As soon as I heard this on the news I immediately thought it was at Alma Park and Cottontops were stolen......first Symbio and now Alma Park, this is trouble
I agree with you Hix, but would they really do anything to them if they did find out who they were?, Look at what happened down in Adelaide with that 70 year old Flamingo that was bashed, A mere slap on the wrist at best
Why bother stealing an animal if you dont have the right resources and knowledge to care for and sustain it? Either these people thought it would be 'cool' to steal and own a monkey or this is a sick, cruel joke.
There's a possibility she may have been sighted in Dakabin. Hope for escaped Tamarin monkey after possible sighting at Dakabin | Courier Mail
Update, The ABC online news states the male monkey was KILLED it had been stomped on. What a MINDLESS act this is and we share the world with fools like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is the news item Mark refers to: Rare monkey deliberately killed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
2 years jail isn't enough and even if they do get caught and convicted they might not even get that. sorry to go slightly off topic but in a similar incident an eastern grey was bashed with a wooden plank a few days ago, unfortunately the roo had no chance. Kangaroo bludgeoned in Melbourne park