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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Several monkeys that escaped from a Polk County facility months ago are creating mischief on a nearby ranch.
The remaining five patas monkeys that escaped from nearby Safari Wild in April have turned up at a 600-acre ranch.
The owner of the ranch says corn has vanished at an alarming rate from deer feeders and the switches and knobs on his tractors were tampered with, draining the batteries on both.
The tiny footprints helped unravel the mystery.
Safari Wild owners Lex Salisbury and Stephen Wehrmann are hopeful the monkeys will all be captured.
Wildlife officials say they have no role in trapping the monkeys and that it's up to Safari Wild to round up the monkeys.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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