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Inspectors from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority collected the monkeys and took them into care.<\/p>\n
Two monkeys<\/a> that apparently escaped from domestic captivity in Lebanon crossed the border and appeared in a house in Moshav Dovev on the northern border last week. Inspectors from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority<\/a> collected the monkeys and took them into care.<\/p>\n The monkeys were likely released due to difficulties their owners faced in raising and feeding them. In some cases, the monkeys make their way to Israel. This happened five months ago, and again only a month and a half ago, when two vervet monkeys reached Rosh Hanikra.<\/p>\n The most famous case of a Lebanese monkey crossing into Israel was six years ago. That monkey, named Tahtuh, took a long journey over several weeks. Unlike the monkeys that stopped at settlements near the border fence, Tahtuh reached as far as the Karmiel area.<\/p>\n Nura Tavor, director of the Monkey Forest in Yodfat, told Walla six months ago: \u201cThe monkey Tahtuh left Tyre, continued to the Bint Jbail area, and was picked up by Sister Beatrice, who established an animal farm in southern Lebanon called Peace Ark.\u201d<\/p>\n Tahtuh, with his wandering spirit, continued on his way, escaped from the farm, reached Zar\u2019it, and carried on his journey until he was captured by Tavor in Majd el-Kurum. A special bond developed between Tavor and Sister Beatrice, and with the help of the IDF, Tahtuh was returned to Beatrice.<\/p>\n