https://www.newsweek.com/hiker-finds-monkey-toes-caught-animal-trap-1590418

BYJOHN FENGON 5/11/21 AT 11:15 AM EDTVideo Player is loading.PauseUnmuteCurrent Time0:00/Duration1:04Loaded:0.00%QualityFullscreenSHAREShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on PinterestShare on RedditShare on FlipboardShare via EmailCommentsWORLDTAIWANANIMALSMONKEYS

Police in southwestTaiwanare investigating an illegal trapping incident after a protected monkey lost three of its toes in a snare inside a national park.

A hiker in Gushan District in the port city of Kaohsiung encountered the injured Formosan rock macaque on Saturday and reported the sighting to a local monkey welfare advocacy group.

The Association for Coexistence with Macaca cyclopis shared images of the male macaque withNewsweek. The injured animal was seen sprawled on a wooden footpath at one of the entrances to Shoushan National Nature Park, said the non-governmental organization.

The picture shows the monkey appearing unable to walk while dragging a steel spring…