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After City-Wide Kidnap Drama, Maki the Ring-Tailed Lemur is Home at the Zoo
It all started on Wednesday afternoon, when it was announced that a ring-tailed lemur named Maki had been stolen from the Lipman Family Lemur Forest at San Francisco Zoo by unknown intruders. Police, eager to get him home safely, quickly asked the public for help.
Lemurs/Lifespan :
Ring-tailed lemur: 16 – 19 years
Details trickled out slowly: Maki is 21, was born in the zoo and has at least one child. He has cute little white ears, chestnut eyes, and a squiffy little face. Police believe he was singled out from the other lemurs because he was "the slowest of the troop" and therefore, the "easiest to capture." (You have to start working out, Maki!)
On Twitter, a dedicated Maki account quickly popped up. Elsewhere on social media, rumors and conjecture started to circulate in earnest. Maki was drinking at a bar, he was for sale, he was "tired of lockdown." One person even accused him of being a monkey. (The nerve!) One conspiracy theorist suggested it had been an inside job. "Check every staff's house, closet, garage, strt w zoo keeper," @bujheekom implored.
Emotions ran high as animal lovers across the city willed Maki's safe return.
Others tried to discourage the thieves from keeping Maki by shaming them, cursing humanity, and offering practical information about lemurs being "stinky."
Twenty-four hours into the search for Maki, the San Francisco Zoo offered a $2,100 reward for the safe return of their lemur, along with a photo of his tiny food-covered face being totes adorbs.
Zoos as far-flung as Wichita, Kansas felt San Francisco Zoo's pain and sent best wishes:
Then finally, on Thursday afternoon, the news we had all been waiting for! Sam Trinh reported that his wife and 5-year-old son James had spotted Maki as they left the day care center at Hope Lutheran Church in Daly City, at around 5pm.
The news was quickly confirmed by the church's pastor (the first trans pastor to be ordained in the Lutheran church, no less!), Rev. Megan Rohrer.
Maki went quietly, judging by this footage:
The Daly City police were evidently pleased with their collar.
Maki is now back in the zoo, resting his slow, stripy butt after his big adventure. No word yet on any at-large suspects, or where that reward is going, but some folks are suggesting it should go to 5-year-old hero James Trinh :
5-Year-Old Preschooler Gets Lifetime Pass for S.F. Zoo After Finding Missing Lemur
GOT ‘EM
A five-year-boy was the one who found a missing lemur allegedly stolen from a San Francisco Zoo this week. A man was arrested for stealing the animal Friday but the real star of the saga was preschooler James Trinh who was leaving school when he pointed out and exclaimed, “There’s a lemur! There’s a lemur!” Director of the Hope Lutheran Day School, Cynthia Huang, said she was reluctant to believe James and first asked if it was actually a racc00n. The animal turned out to indeed be the arthritic 21-year-old missing lemur named Maki and the school called the police, who captured Maki in a playground. The zoo will provide the church a $2,100 reward and James’ family has been given a lifetime membership to the zoo. “They literally saved a life,” zoo director Tanya Peterson said.
Police say suspect in San Francisco Zoo theft had cell-phone photos of Maki the lemur – San Francisco Chronicle
San Rafael police arrested a man they say stole a truck — and now he’s wanted for the theft of Maki, the San Francisco Zoo lemur, after officers said they discovered photos of the endangered animal on his cell phone.
Cory McGilloway, 30, became a suspect Friday in Maki’s disappearance, just one day after San Rafael police detained him in connection with the theft of a Marin Sanitary Service truck.
San Francisco police said they have secured an arrest warrant for McGilloway. It’s the latest twist in the case of the missing lemur that has transfixed the nation.
Maki was safely recovered in a Daly City playground Thursday evening and taken back to the zoo.
Once released from the Marin County jail, McGilloway will be transferred to San Francisco County jail and face charges of grand theft of an animal, burglary, looting and vandalism, San Francisco police Lt. Scott Ryan said Friday.
San Rafael police received a report of a stolen truck near Anderson Drive on Thursday night around 10 p.m., spokesman Lt. Dan Fink said Friday. Officers tailed the truck for several minutes before pulling it over and confronting McGilloway, police said.
The arresting officers requested to view McGilloway’s phone and he consented, Fink said, calling the request to view a suspect’s phone “standard investigative procedure.”
That’s when the officers found pictures of Maki among the photos. McGilloway was booked at the Marin County jail for theft of the truck and officers notified the San Francisco Police Department about the photos of Maki. Investigators from the San Francisco Police Department’s burglary unit interviewed McGilloway at the jail, where he remained Friday night.
In another bizarre twist of fate, one of the San Rafael officers who arrested McGilloway had taken his child to the zoo the day Maki’s disappearance was reported.
“There is no such things as a coincidence in police work,” Fink said.
The 21-year-old lemur was found lurking near a Daly City pre-school Thursday, just hours before McGilloway was taken into custody and two days after he vanished from the zoo’s Lipman Family Lemur Forest habitat.
Daly City police officers responded to reports of a lemur sighting at the Hope Lutheran Day School playground at about 5 p.m. Thursday. Maki remained hidden in a house on the school’s playground until handlers scooped him up and returned him to the zoo roughly five miles away, police said.
Maki was “agitated and dehydrated” but otherwise healthy on Thursday after his brief stint on the lam, said Tanya Peterson, the zoo’s executive director and president.
The ring-tailed lemur was being monitored in isolation for a brief recovery period before rejoining his peers in the tree-lined enclosure.
“It’s the perfect ending,” said Peterson.
He has to shelter in place on quarantine now so he don't give his fam Covid ..
It all started on Wednesday afternoon, when it was announced that a ring-tailed lemur named Maki had been stolen from the Lipman Family Lemur Forest at San Francisco Zoo by unknown intruders. Police, eager to get him home safely, quickly asked the public for help.
Lemurs/Lifespan :
Ring-tailed lemur: 16 – 19 years
Details trickled out slowly: Maki is 21, was born in the zoo and has at least one child. He has cute little white ears, chestnut eyes, and a squiffy little face. Police believe he was singled out from the other lemurs because he was "the slowest of the troop" and therefore, the "easiest to capture." (You have to start working out, Maki!)
On Twitter, a dedicated Maki account quickly popped up. Elsewhere on social media, rumors and conjecture started to circulate in earnest. Maki was drinking at a bar, he was for sale, he was "tired of lockdown." One person even accused him of being a monkey. (The nerve!) One conspiracy theorist suggested it had been an inside job. "Check every staff's house, closet, garage, strt w zoo keeper," @bujheekom implored.
Emotions ran high as animal lovers across the city willed Maki's safe return.
Others tried to discourage the thieves from keeping Maki by shaming them, cursing humanity, and offering practical information about lemurs being "stinky."
Twenty-four hours into the search for Maki, the San Francisco Zoo offered a $2,100 reward for the safe return of their lemur, along with a photo of his tiny food-covered face being totes adorbs.
Zoos as far-flung as Wichita, Kansas felt San Francisco Zoo's pain and sent best wishes:
Then finally, on Thursday afternoon, the news we had all been waiting for! Sam Trinh reported that his wife and 5-year-old son James had spotted Maki as they left the day care center at Hope Lutheran Church in Daly City, at around 5pm.
The news was quickly confirmed by the church's pastor (the first trans pastor to be ordained in the Lutheran church, no less!), Rev. Megan Rohrer.
Maki went quietly, judging by this footage:
The Daly City police were evidently pleased with their collar.
Maki is now back in the zoo, resting his slow, stripy butt after his big adventure. No word yet on any at-large suspects, or where that reward is going, but some folks are suggesting it should go to 5-year-old hero James Trinh :
5-Year-Old Preschooler Gets Lifetime Pass for S.F. Zoo After Finding Missing Lemur
GOT ‘EM
A five-year-boy was the one who found a missing lemur allegedly stolen from a San Francisco Zoo this week. A man was arrested for stealing the animal Friday but the real star of the saga was preschooler James Trinh who was leaving school when he pointed out and exclaimed, “There’s a lemur! There’s a lemur!” Director of the Hope Lutheran Day School, Cynthia Huang, said she was reluctant to believe James and first asked if it was actually a racc00n. The animal turned out to indeed be the arthritic 21-year-old missing lemur named Maki and the school called the police, who captured Maki in a playground. The zoo will provide the church a $2,100 reward and James’ family has been given a lifetime membership to the zoo. “They literally saved a life,” zoo director Tanya Peterson said.
Police say suspect in San Francisco Zoo theft had cell-phone photos of Maki the lemur – San Francisco Chronicle
San Rafael police arrested a man they say stole a truck — and now he’s wanted for the theft of Maki, the San Francisco Zoo lemur, after officers said they discovered photos of the endangered animal on his cell phone.
Cory McGilloway, 30, became a suspect Friday in Maki’s disappearance, just one day after San Rafael police detained him in connection with the theft of a Marin Sanitary Service truck.
San Francisco police said they have secured an arrest warrant for McGilloway. It’s the latest twist in the case of the missing lemur that has transfixed the nation.
Maki was safely recovered in a Daly City playground Thursday evening and taken back to the zoo.
Once released from the Marin County jail, McGilloway will be transferred to San Francisco County jail and face charges of grand theft of an animal, burglary, looting and vandalism, San Francisco police Lt. Scott Ryan said Friday.
San Rafael police received a report of a stolen truck near Anderson Drive on Thursday night around 10 p.m., spokesman Lt. Dan Fink said Friday. Officers tailed the truck for several minutes before pulling it over and confronting McGilloway, police said.
The arresting officers requested to view McGilloway’s phone and he consented, Fink said, calling the request to view a suspect’s phone “standard investigative procedure.”
That’s when the officers found pictures of Maki among the photos. McGilloway was booked at the Marin County jail for theft of the truck and officers notified the San Francisco Police Department about the photos of Maki. Investigators from the San Francisco Police Department’s burglary unit interviewed McGilloway at the jail, where he remained Friday night.
In another bizarre twist of fate, one of the San Rafael officers who arrested McGilloway had taken his child to the zoo the day Maki’s disappearance was reported.
“There is no such things as a coincidence in police work,” Fink said.
The 21-year-old lemur was found lurking near a Daly City pre-school Thursday, just hours before McGilloway was taken into custody and two days after he vanished from the zoo’s Lipman Family Lemur Forest habitat.
Daly City police officers responded to reports of a lemur sighting at the Hope Lutheran Day School playground at about 5 p.m. Thursday. Maki remained hidden in a house on the school’s playground until handlers scooped him up and returned him to the zoo roughly five miles away, police said.
Maki was “agitated and dehydrated” but otherwise healthy on Thursday after his brief stint on the lam, said Tanya Peterson, the zoo’s executive director and president.
The ring-tailed lemur was being monitored in isolation for a brief recovery period before rejoining his peers in the tree-lined enclosure.
“It’s the perfect ending,” said Peterson.
He has to shelter in place on quarantine now so he don't give his fam Covid ..
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