LAKELAND, Fla. -- Wildlife officials said a pack of 15 monkeys are on the loose after escaping a facility in Polk County.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Gary Morse says the monkeys apparently escaped their island home by swimming across a pond -- something they're not supposed to be able to do.
Morse says several teams are out looking for the social but docile Patas monkeys, and that they are "absolutely no threat to people."
The 11 adults and four juveniles are the personal pets of Lex Salisbury, the CEO of Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa.
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