Keeper saves drowning monkey
2008-05-27 18:01
Aue - The head of a German zoo dived fully clothed into a river to save a drowning monkey, officials in the eastern German town of Aue said on Tuesday, as the Japanese macaque recovered from its nearly fatal flirt with freedom.
Keepers used an anaesthetic dart to immobilise the monkey in a tree on Monday evening, three days after it had got out of its cage. But it promptly fell 14 metres into the water and did not resurface. Aue Zoo chief Christian Schroller jumped in and plucked it to safety. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA