After a dramatic day in the San Francisco urban jungle, a ring-tailed lemur has been returned to the zoo from where he went missing earlier this week. And the zoo has a sprightly 5-year-old boy to thank for his safe recovery.
Maki, a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur who wears a perpetually alarmed expression on his petite face, was returned to the San Francisco Zoo on Thursday. Daly City police found him nestled nervously near a church playground just 10 minutes away from the zoo.
Maki was believed to be stolen from the zoo overnight on Wednesday during a burglary, San Francisco police said, due to evidence of forced entry into his enclosure.
Luckily, on Thursday afternoon, a witness spotted Maki near the Daly City church and Daly City police captured and identified him...read more
