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Critically Endangered Primate Escapes Customs Custody at Kolkata Airport

Critically Endangered Primate Escapes Customs Custody at Kolkata Airport
Critically endangered primate escapes from customs custody at Kolkata airport · telegraphindia.com

Imagine a very rare and special monkey, so rare it's called 'critically endangered,' was being brought on a plane to Kolkata from another country.

When the people who check bags opened the box it was in to look at it, the little monkey got scared and ran away!

It disappeared somewhere inside the airport.

This monkey is not supposed to be bought or sold because it's so special and needs to be protected in its home country.

The airport is looking everywhere for it using cameras, but they haven't found it yet.

The other monkey that was with it has been sent back to where it came from.

Key facts

Species
Black-shanked douc
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List)
Origin
Eastern Cambodia and Southern Vietnam
Flight Information
Thai Airways flight TG-313 from Bangkok
Airport
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata
Date of Incident
Monday, November 3

Quotes

an airport official

an unnamed official at NSCBI Airport

“We have scanned the CCTV footage of 800 cameras twice but have been unable to spot it.”
telegraphindia.com

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