A cheeky monkey is terrorising an apartment block
in China as he has snatched food, toys and even a kitten from
residents.
The primate first started visiting the flats in
Shunde, a city in the Guangdong province of southern China, last
month.
According to residents, the monkey wanders around
the neighbourhood and if he sees anything that he wants to eat or
that he could play with, he just steals it.
Despite originally being afraid of cats and dogs,
the monkey has now become fearless.
He is often seen cradling a kitten in his arms
and prowling the streets as if nobody else is there.
The cat's mother has made many attempts to get
her baby back and has even fought with the two foot tall creature
several times.
However, she is yet to be successful - leaving
the kitten in the care of the confused monkey.
As well as taking pets, the primate has also
stolen cat and dog food.
Residents have been forced to keep their doors
shut to prevent the seemingly cute monkey from stealing things from
their apartments.
It is believed that the monkey was once kept by
someone but has been abandoned, as he still has a collar round his
neck.
As a result, neighbours have sympathised with the
monkey's situation and have offered him food and water.
Despite this, the monkey has lost weight.
Residents describe their relationship with the
primate as being somewhere between love and hate.
They explained that this is because he is both
fierce and cute at the same time.
They are concerned that if they do anything to
resolve the situation they may harm both the monkey and the kitten,
so have appealed to local authorities to take them away as soon as
possible.