Baboon

An olive baboon died after being on the loose for more than two weeks in the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan. Instead of being shot at by a tranquiliser dart, ...

However, the speech did not draw much attention on the Taiwan side of the strait. Te-chi added that officials had not realised that the baboon had been shot and only found it to be injured. Also, they questioned the techniques used in the hunt for the animal. Officers then stepped out to get a flashlight when they found a licensed hunter, identified as Lin, who had stepped inside the house and shot the animal. The team was able to capture the primate with a tranquiliser dart. Finally after several unsuccessful attempts, the Taoyuan Department of Agriculture started to hunt for the animal on 23 March. In a press conference the director of the Animal Protection Office, Wang Te-chi said that when animal control officers arrived at the house where the baboon was hiding, it was dark and they were unable to locate the animal. The baboon was then spotted next on 18 March. Eighteen days ago, an olive baboon was on the loose in Taiwan’s Taoyuan city. The baboon was first spotted on 10 March near a local factory in the central Taoyuan area, Jhensing Borough Warden Huang Chih-chieh said. There’s a lot of tension in Taiwan — and it’s not over its President Tsai Ing-wen’s trip to Central America that will transit through the United States. An olive baboon died after being on the loose for more than two weeks in the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan.