Maki, a 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur Stolen From the San Francisco Zoo this week, he was safe Thursday in a nearby city, police said.
The animal was found in Dolly City, south of San Francisco, around 5 p.m., and Mackie was captured and returned to the zoo, San Francisco police said. Said in a statement. Dolly City police said the animal was found in a church playground about four miles from the zoo.
The oldest lemur at the zoo went missing Wednesday morning after a robbery report, police said.
San Francisco police said no arrests were made in the case, which is an “open and active” investigation.
The Dolly City Police Department tweeted a photo of Mackie and they thanked the animal for returning to the zoo.
The department said it had received a report that Maki was at the playground, “holding him until staff from the zoo took him home.”
San Francisco police officers who responded Wednesday morning to the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens found that Maki had been forced into the premises where he was kept.
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