The once-captured monkey, named Rakkii, was kept at Rakujuen municipal park, but escaped in the morning when an employee of the park entered the cage to clean it, according to the city government.
The monkey was captured after attacking people in Mishima, Fujinomiya and other locations in the prefecture from August to October.
There were several reports of a monkey spotted outside the park and it was feared that, if it was Rakkii, she may attack people again.
Mishima city government employees and the Shizuoka prefectural police were searching for the monkey.
Although the cage had an inner and outer door, it is said that both were open at the time of the monkey's escape.
Since Rakkii was shown to the public, the number of visitors to the park had sharply increased. The monkey also appeared on a TV commercial to promote the city's mayoral election last month and became highly popular among the public.
(Jan. 25, 2011)
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