• Monkeys, bears, binturongs: Britain’s zoo animals escape more often than you might think

    Monkeys, bears, binturongs: Britain’s zoo animals escape more often than you might think
    Honshu the macaque was returned, like the red panda caught in a greengrocer’s but not the lynx shot dead in a caravan parkAfter five days of freedom roaming the wilds and back gardens of the Cairngorms, Honshu the Japanese macaque was back with his keepers at the Highland Wildlife Park on Friday, recovering from the tranquilliser dart that finally brought his escapade to an end.Sadly for the fugitive, there was no more contraband bird food, let alone Yorkshire pudding, the back-garden trea

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