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Highland Wildlife Park Searches for Missing Macaque Luka

8/18/2026

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Luka, a five-year-old Japanese macaque, returned to his enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore after disappearing overnight.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) launched a search for Luka following his disappearance.
RZSS believes Luka re-entered the enclosure on his own.
In January 2024, another macaque, Honshu, fled the same park after a fight with other males, was later found in a nearby garden and transferred to Edinburgh Zoo.

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Story summary

Luka, a five-year-old Japanese macaque, returned to his enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore after disappearing overnight.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) launched a search for Luka following his disappearance.
RZSS believes Luka re-entered the enclosure on his own.
In January 2024, another macaque, Honshu, fled the same park after a fight with other males, was later found in a nearby garden and transferred to Edinburgh Zoo.