A male gelada (theropithecus gelada). Source: Wikimedia Commons
The management of ZOO planned to hand gelada baboon male Heiko over to some other ZOO but it seems that the freewheeling monkey is actually a kind of advertisment for the zoological garden, attracting many new fans.
Heiko has run away from ZOO twice in last two years. In 2007, he was captured after several days while he was begging golf players in Jinačovice for cookies. In October 2009, he spent several nights hidden in woods around quarters Bystrc and Kohoutovice.
Martin Hovorka, director of the ZOO, anounced yesterday that Heiko would stay in Brno, relocated to a safer pavilion.
Source: Brněnský deník Rovnost
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Harhar! I love the picture :)