Expert verdict on ‘runaway monkey’ in UK village as nation ‘appropriate’ for apes
An professional has weighed in on rumours claiming a monkey is patrolling the streets of a UK city.
Residents of a rural group on the outskirts of Stroud, Gloucestershire, have been left astonished once they noticed what gave the impression to be a primate wandering down the highway. The most up-to-date sighting on Monday (January 8) rapidly went viral on-line, the Daily Star beforehand reported.
Taking to the Whiteshill & Ruscombe Community Facebook group one native wrote: “Strange question, but is anyone looking for a lost monkey?! Seen walking down across the fields from Whiteshill to the main road. My mother in law who also saw it and grew up in India thinks it’s a spectacled langur.”
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Others chimed in claiming that they had additionally seen an ape-like determine, with one claiming they witnessed it “running north away from Stroud heading towards Painswick.” Some expressed concern for the animal’s wellbeing as temperatures in Britain plummeted beneath freezing this week.
But wildlife professional Frankie Hobro, Director of Anglesey Zoo, mentioned monkeys are accustomed to a lot harsher circumstances. She informed the Daily Star: “The temperatures here in the UK would not pose a problem, even at their coldest in winter, as our climate is far less extreme than the countries where monkeys are native.
“Just like people, monkeys are good at adapting to completely different temperatures and conditions and know the best way to hold themselves heat – though this might be extra difficult for a lone monkey, unable to huddle up with its troop to maintain heat, it might discover a method to take action.”
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While Gloucestershire won’t appear to be a pure habitat on your common monkey, Hobro mentioned the British countryside can truly make a perfect residence for apes. “Somewhere like Stroud would be a suitable place for a monkey to survive on the loose in the UK,” she continued.
“Suburbs near habitation and wooded areas, orchards and forests would provide a convenient and constant fast food supply as would anywhere where it has regular access to picnic areas or rubbish bins to pick up scraps. I would imagine an escapee would be less likely to disappear into the middle of nowhere on its own but it would prefer to be somewhere in the proximity of human habitation – unless it is an individual who has been scared off and is escaping all human contact.
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“If it is a Speckled Langur – also known as a Dusky Leaf Monkey – they are quite small monkeys so it would be capable of hiding itself away very effectively. It could easily survive – thrive even – in woods and forested areas and even in suburbs and remain undetected if it was deliberately avoiding human activity.”
Some residents reckoned the monkey might have been a resident’s pet that escaped. Hobro defined this can be a frequent downside and careworn apes shouldn’t be stored in human properties.
“Sadly many of these primates are taken from the wild as babies for the pet trade,” she continued. “In the case of the Spectacled Langur the species is now endangered in its natural habitat so collection of individuals as pets is likely to put pressure on the remaining wild population.”
RSPCA officers estimate about 5,000 monkeys are at present residing within the UK, whereas an Animal Welfare Bill, ought to it cross, will make it more durable for members of the general public to legally name these animals pets.
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