On-the-run Japanese macaque monkey nicknamed Kingussie Kong has been found five days after breaking out of a Scottish zoo.
A drone was earlier being used to continue the search for the monkey.
Experts were able to follow the progress of the Japanese macaque for 45 minutes using a drone on Tuesday with help from BH Wildlife Consultancy and said he appeared to be making his way closer to Highland Wildlife Park.
However they were unable to use the device on Wednesday due to high winds, with a yellow weather warning in place in the area.
A drone was used again on Thursday and he has been found.
The first drone footage of an escaped Japanese snow monkey has been captured showing the animal strolling through woodland – just 300 yards from the park
A series of images show the monkey enjoying its wild surroundings
Keith Gilchrist, living collections operations manager at the wildlife park, said earlier: ‘Our teams are back out again today along with BH Wildlife Consultancy using the drone to try and locate the monkey.
‘We’re continuing to ask locals to please bring any obvious potential food sources like bird feeders or food waste inside.
‘Although the macaque is not presumed dangerous to humans or pets, our advice is to not approach him but to contact our hotline on 07933 928 377 with any sightings.’
The macaque left the wildlife park near Kingussie on Sunday after finding a way out of his enclosure.
Drone footage captured on Tuesday showed him roaming about underneath trees and sitting in undergrowth to have a look about before loping off.
However the monkey was not in a position from which keepers could retrieve him that day.
The macaque was around 300 metres (roughly 980ft) north of the entry to the park in the footage captured on Tuesday.
The Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey, is the most northerly living non-human primate, according to the Royal Zoological Society Scotland.
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