Watch: Escaped monkey spotted in Highland village

An escaped monkey has been spotted wandering around a Highland village.

The Japanese macaque absconded from its enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig on Sunday.

Carl Nagle, who lives in nearby Kincraig, said he was having a "lazy Sunday morning" when he read on a local Facebook group that the village had an unusual visitor.

"I looked out the window and there he was, proud as punch, standing against the fence eating nuts that had fallen down from one of the bird feeders," he told BBC Scotland News.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs the wildlife park, said it had assembled a team to recapture the animal.

Members of the public have been urged not to approach it but to contact the zoological society with information.

28 January 2024