The Haenam Fire Station 119 firefighter is capturing an escaped monkey./Courtesy of Haenam Fire Station

A monkey escaped from the monkey experience center in Haenam, Jeonnam, but was quickly captured by the fire authorities, it was reported on the 16th.

According to the Haenam Fire Station, at around 2:32 p.m. on the 12th, a monkey being raised at the monkey experience center in the Heuksaksan Natural Recreation Forest in Haenam, Jeonnam, escaped from its enclosure. The fire authorities, dispatched after a report from recreation forest officials, captured the monkey using a tranquilizer gun in just six minutes. There were no injuries during the capture process, and it was reported that the remaining 14 monkeys being raised at the monkey experience center were also unharmed.

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