Investigators cannot confirm if Marmoset in Fife linked to Nairn monkeys theft
INVESTIGATORS looking into the theft of two Common Marmosets from a home in Nairn say they cannot confirm if a monkey handed into vets in Fife is connected.
On Monday an adult Marmoset monkey was handed in to a vet surgery in Fife by a member of the public, claiming to have found the animal in a shoe-box.
The Marmoset monkey is now in the care of the SSPCA’s Edinburgh Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Balerno.
The incident comes after the theft of two Marmosets from an enclosure in the Balmakeith Drive area of Nairn between 4.30pm and 10.50pm on Saturday.
Scottish SPCA Inspector Sarah Gregory has appealed for the person who handed a Marmoset into vets in Fife to get in touch. She said: “The person reported finding the animal in a lay-by on the road between Kincardine and High Valleyfield. Unfortunately we have been unable to speak with them ourselves and are appealing to this person to get in touch with us.
“At this stage we can’t confirm whether this is linked to the two monkeys who were reported stolen in the Inverness area. We are currently working alongside the police and are asking anyone with information to get in touch.”
The Marmosets stolen in Nairn are aged 12 months and 11 weeks respectively, with the older one being approximately 8” in height with distinctive white fur markings on the tips of the ears and the younger monkey approximately 3” in height, darker in colour with no white markings.
Their theft came soon after an unknown man offered to carry out gutter cleaning services before expressing an interest in buying the monkeys, which was declined.
He is white, in his late 20s, of short, medium build, with a roundish face, no glasses, no facial hair, and was well presented with no distinctive accent.
Anyone with information on the reported theft of the monkeys in Nairn or the monkey handed in in the Fife area is being urged to contact or Police on 101 or Scottish SPCA animal helpline on 03000 999 999.
