Stolen monkey found shaved
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Police have found a Clarksville family’s missing pet monkey nearly 110 miles away in Petersburg, Tenn.
Clarksville Police Department spokesman Jim Knoll told The Leaf-Chronicle the $3,000 marmoset named Gizzy was emaciated and its fur had been shaved to alter its appearance. Petersburg police found it after an anonymous tip.
The monkey’s owners traveled to Petersburg to identify and claim Gizzy on Tuesday.
Knoll said the monkey likely would not have been recovered if not for media coverage of the theft.
Gizzy’s owners told the paper they came home on Sept. 28 to find their front door pried open and the monkey missing.