[PA Engineer]

Zoo Boise Director Steve Burns was called and said that during the search he heard a groan that he at first thought was human, but that turned out to be an injured Patas monkey barely moving near the perimeter fence. He said the zoo's veterinarian was called but the monkey died as it was being examined, just before 6 a.m. Police said the monkey appeared to have a head injury.

[GeronL]

!!

Man, people like that should be caged with a tiger.

I hope it wasn’t a sexual assault.

[visualops]

The article is poorly written...the 2 men were spotted near the fence outside the primate area (not a perimeter fence). The injured monkey is discovered near the perimeter fence. My guess is they were stealing a monkey. So they get one, manage to injure it and go back for another when they are found out and take off in opposite directions. 11 acre zoo, easy for them to elude zoo personnel.