INNISFIL, Ont. – Police in a small central Ontario town had to use bananas to lure a renegade monkey into captivity Sunday morning after it was spotted on the loose in a residential area.
Police say a passerby saw the spider monkey – whose name is Mango – at about 6 a.m.
Officers had to use bananas to keep Mango from running away before bringing him into captivity.
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Police say they were able to find the monkey’s owner. And while monkey ownership isn’t outlawed province-wide, there are bylaws against it in Innisfil, Ont., where the owner lives.
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Sgt. James Buchanan of the South Simcoe police says the city will carry out a bylaw investigation this week.
And Mango isn’t the first loose monkey Ontario officials have had to capture.
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