Osaka zookeeper indicted for stealing food for monkeys and chimpanzees

The guy must be nuts! Or bananas!

It's likely that he is a contract employee paid the same low hourly wage the entire time he was employed there. Due to increases in taxes owed on wages, increases in sales tax, increases in utility rates, transportation costs and inflation over more than a decade, he simply cannot afford to live on what he earns anymore. I would think that some compassion may have been in order.

Apparently some of the chimps have agreed to appear in court as witnesses for the defence, so it's not so clear cut.

Not so unusual here or even common practice, that animals and especially pets are much more valued and cared about than normal co-citizens and in this case compared to precarious workers.

I thought the headline meant he stole fruit and vegetables from a store and was going to feed them to the monkeys and chimpanzees.

I came into the story feeling sympathy for him.

Poor guy. Imagine being that poor off that you steal food meant for animals. And on top of that he has probably lost his job as well.

Ambiguous headline.

I thought the headline meant he stole fruit and vegetables from a store and was going to feed them to the monkeys and chimpanzees.

I came into the story feeling sympathy for him.

Same. The title is a bit misleading.

The story headline would have been much more clear, and all ambiguity avoided if the word 'meant' had been inserted between 'food' and 'for'...

"Osaka zookeeper indicted for stealing food meant for monkeys and chimpanzees"

I thought the headline meant he stole fruit and vegetables from a store and was going to feed them to the monkeys and chimpanzees.

Likwise. Very poorly written headline.

Oh come on and stop monkeying around. The police have I’m sure spent 500 plus working hours including overnight stake outs and attempts to interview the witnesses with the help of various translator applications to come to indict him for stealing some vegetables and fruits. Sadly the criminal didn’t take the hint and walk out the back door when they came to arrest him as previously reports cops there have issues with securing all the exits doors and windows and people can just get away by not using the front door. Anyway it’s sad when you need to steal food to eat. Japan taxes food from supermarkets which I still find insane. The who story is bananas.

Slow news week, slow days at the station, or just slow monkeys. Either way hope this guy get a fair trial, with the lack of details in this report could just be someone in financial distress, dedicated to his duty who needed a snack due to a low sugar episode. Never know.

Osaka zookeeper indicted for stealing food for monkeys and chimpanzees

What a kind man to steal food for the hungry primates.