STORY: Captive pig-tailed macaque released to wild in SW China
DATELINE: June 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:47
LOCATION: KUNMING, China
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the monkey making troubles in the building
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN CHAOXIA, Firefighter

STORYLINE:

A firefighter who was resting at home in Lancang County, Yunnan Province, had an unexpected visitor: a pig-tailed macaque that broke into his home and caused some trouble.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN CHAOXIA, Firefighter
"When I went upstairs, I saw the monkey jumping around, maybe trying to escape. But the windows were all closed, so it couldn't get out. It looked very anxious and fierce."

The firefighter examined the macaque for any injuries and then released it to a forest far from the village.

The pig-tailed macaque is a national first-class protected wild animal. It lives mostly in high-altitude rainforests, and is common in the southern half of Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Bangka Island.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China.
(XHTV)