This is the jaw-dropping moment a puppy was rescued after being kidnapped and held hostage for three days by a wild monkey in Malaysia.
The footage was captured right outside a neighborhood surrounded by houses on one side and rainforest on the other. The monkey is sitting at the top of a tall tree at the edge of the forest.
Residents claim the macaque was from a group of monkeys that are notorious for stealing food from around the neighborhood. Now they are worried that the monkeys are also stealing their pets since some cats and dogs have gone missing from the area,Parts of the video from the incident show residents equipped with large nets and blankets in hopes of rescuing the puppy. The monkey repeatedly returned to the edge of the forest for food but quickly scurried through trees after eating.
Local residents were able to rescue the two-week old puppy after three days by scaring the macaque into dropping him into the brush below.Eventually, the monkey dropped the puppy into the greenery below and disappeared into the forest. The surrounding residents can be heard happily cheering and clapping at the successful rescue efforts.
A local took the puppy home and had it checked for any injuries. The puppy was given a clean bill of health and is now happily living in his adopted home. Due to the growing number of public complaints about wild macaques, Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks started conducting"culling" of thousands of free-living macaques a year, the
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