By Bill Galluccio
May 27, 2021
The El Paso Police Department announced that the woman who climbed into a spider monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo has been arrested for trespassing.
Lucy Rae, sitting under a waterfall inside the exhibit and attempting to feed the monkeys Hot Cheetos. The monkeys cautiously approached Rae, and one appeared to take a Cheeto from her hand before backing away. She then tossed another piece of food at the monkeys, but they ignored it, focusing their attention on the unwanted visitor inside their enclosure.
Mason Kleist, a zookeeper at the facility, told These are primates we re talking about, they could do some substantial damage to you, Kleist said. They may be small monkeys, but they can take you to the ground if they wanted to.
By Bill Galluccio
May 27, 2021
The El Paso Police Department announced that the woman who climbed into a spider monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo has been arrested for trespassing.
Lucy Rae, sitting under a waterfall inside the exhibit and attempting to feed the monkeys Hot Cheetos. The monkeys cautiously approached Rae, and one appeared to take a Cheeto from her hand before backing away. She then tossed another piece of food at the monkeys, but they ignored it, focusing their attention on the unwanted visitor inside their enclosure.
Mason Kleist, a zookeeper at the facility, told These are primates we re talking about, they could do some substantial damage to you, Kleist said. They may be small monkeys, but they can take you to the ground if they wanted to.
By Bill Galluccio
May 27, 2021
The El Paso Police Department announced that the woman who climbed into a spider monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo has been arrested for trespassing.
Lucy Rae, sitting under a waterfall inside the exhibit and attempting to feed the monkeys Hot Cheetos. The monkeys cautiously approached Rae, and one appeared to take a Cheeto from her hand before backing away. She then tossed another piece of food at the monkeys, but they ignored it, focusing their attention on the unwanted visitor inside their enclosure.
Mason Kleist, a zookeeper at the facility, told These are primates we re talking about, they could do some substantial damage to you, Kleist said. They may be small monkeys, but they can take you to the ground if they wanted to.
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