Costumed intruder jumps into Punch the monkey’s enclosure at Japanese zoo - CTV News
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A costumed intruder dressed as a monkey jumped into an enclosure with another monkey at a zoo in Japan on Sunday evening, triggering a brief lockdown and causing some commotion among visitors.
The incident occurred at the Higashi Matsusaka Zoo in Ibaraki Prefecture, according to local media reports. The zoo is about 100 kilometers northeast of Tokyo.
Zoo officials stated that they had received a report from a visitor who noticed an unusual presence in one of the enclosures. Upon investigation, they found a person dressed as a monkey inside the enclosure with another monkey.
The intruder was…
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