Monkeys nicked from Blackpool Zoo BBC News - Blackpool Zoo's cotton-top and emperor tamarin monkeys stolen
Another article about the stolen monkeys : Monkeys stolen from Blackpool Zoo: Police appeal after five endangered tamarins are taken during break-in at zoo Have you seen these MONKEYS? Police appeal after 5 endangered tamarins are stolen during break-in at zoo - Mirror Online
There have been a lot of what seems to be stolen to order animals stolen from private collections recently, perhaps this could be related? Most have been large bird collections but I imagine anything would be game to them!
4 of the 5 stolen monkeys are found : BBC News - Blackpool Zoo stolen monkeys: Four found but baby still missing
according to the Daily Telegraph website they have found the 4 adults in Yorkshire, but the baby is still missing, no arrests though. Today's telegraph had a great Ariel shot of the zoo the grounds very mature these days.
Endangered monkey gives birth to twins after abduction ordeal Mother was one of five tamarins stolen from Blackpool zoo in April, one of which is still missing Endangered monkey gives birth to twins after abduction ordeal | World news | theguardian.com