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The primates were taken from their enclosure at Zoosiana on Saturday, staffers at the Broussard zoo revealed in a statement, adding that the incident occurred moments before midnight.
Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend.
Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend.
On Monday, Zoosiana, a zoo in Broussard, Louisiana, confirmed that the Squirrel Monkey exhibit was broken into shortly before midnight on Jan. 28, and that 12 squirrel monkeys were stolen.
Police believe the monkeys were "intentionally taken" from the Dallas Zoo. Meanwhile, 12 monkeys were also stolen from a zoo in Louisiana.