Hiker finds monkey with toes caught in animal trap

According to the NGO, park rangers arrived to find the macaque gone. By the time the animal was found the next day, the trap had already fallen off and three toes of its left foot had been severed.

Warning: The picture below shows an injured monkey in graphic detail and could be disturbing to some readers. "If the wound remains free of infection, it will heal over," said the association's secretary-general Lin Mei-yin toldHung Chi-yuan, deputy director of the national park's headquarters, told Taipei-basedThe trap was likely laid to catch stray dogs and not aimed at trapping monkeys, Hung said. While there was little evidence to go by, the park was working with local authorities to find the perpetrator, he added.

Lin said a number of macaques had been wounded by traps in recent years. She urged the park to introduce policies to root out the incidents.

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