Victims declare to have seen no evil, heard no evil, nor spoken no evil.
Many works of crime fiction have explored legal psychology through the years, however we nonetheless appear no nearer to fixing the thriller of what drives a person to steal from an ape – and never simply any man however the very man charged with their care.
These instances of primate-on-primate crime which have baffled philosophers for millennia has as soon as once more performed out within the Tennoji Ward of Osaka Metropolis. On 2 October the Osaka Prefectural Police introduced the arrest of a 47-year-old zookeeper for stealing vegatables and fruits supposed for chimpanzees.
For a few month main as much as the arrest, Tennoji Zoo administration observed that the chimps’ provide of meals had been reducing at an uncommon price. An in-house investigation traced the disappearance to the suspect, who on the time labored within the Animal Care and Exhibition Division.
▼ Tennoji Zoo, positioned within the coronary heart of Osaka, is a standard vacation spot for college area journeys.
The suspect is at the moment in police custody, however a spokesperson for the zoo mentioned, “As a result of the police are nonetheless within the investigation stage, we can’t disclose the motive.” This left readers of the information to imagine why he did it and marvel how good chimpanzee meals actually may very well be.
“Resale?”
“That is horrible. Is the financial system that dangerous?”
“If he likes it a lot, they need to maintain him within the cage with the opposite apes.”
“Make him face ape justice.”
“I want I might faux to be an ape and reside with them.”
“If the animals didn’t eat effectively, they’d assault and kill one another, in order that they in all probability get good meals there.”
“That is what occurs after they maintain elevating costs!”
There aren’t sufficient particulars to make guess as to what occurred right here, however the truth that the value of nearly every little thing is constant to rise in Japan would possibly very effectively counsel he’s making an attempt to make ends meet by skimming off the chimp feed.
However, if that had been the case, the zoo would have in all probability simply fired the person with out reporting such a petty theft to the police, from whom the story of a man stealing meals from apes is nearly sure to get picked up by the media. As we will see within the feedback, this publicity is simply placing the highlight again onto the zoo over whether or not they’re paying their workers sufficient.
We’ll have to attend for additional studies to know for certain. Till then, I’m assuming the chimpanzees are very explicit about their meals and solely eat these sq. watermelons or Yubari King melons that will fetch a excessive quantity on the black produce market.
Supply: The Sankei Shimbun, Itai Information
Featured picture: Pakutaso
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