It is probably a traffic of wild animals, denounces the management.
A family of ten lemurs and two tamarins, a species of monkey, were stolen from the Upie zoo (Drôme) on the night of Sunday to Monday.
The "lodges" of lemurs and tamarins, where these primates can find refuge during the night, were fractured "in a very clean way, no doubt by a commando who had targeted" these animals, said Tuesday Christelle Monthulé, responsible for "zoology capacity ”of this establishment, confirming information from France Bleu Drôme-Ardèche and Dauphiné.
Financial loss difficult to establish
The ten lemurs, of the “maki catta” type, were from the same family of eleven.
The last member "managed to escape" and was found "in the hallway of the lodge the next morning".
The male and female tamarins were a couple.
This theft "makes one think of a form of poaching in the park, because these animals are found less and less in the wild", notes Christelle Monthulé.
The financial damage is difficult to establish "because they are animals that we do not pay but that we exchange between parks".
The zoo has lodged a complaint with the Chabeuil gendarmerie, responsible for the flagrant investigation according to the Valence prosecutor's office.
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