Monkey survives under hood after being struck by car in Japan

members of a local hunting club took the monkey to a mountain in Shiga and released it back into the wild.

Yikes. When I read 'local hunting club', I thought they'd shot the baby monkey right there. I really don't see what business this is of the hunting club.

On Tuesday, members of a local hunting club took the monkey to a mountain in Shiga and released it back into the wild.

How likely is it to survive? Doesn't sound like a good solution if it's still an infant.

If it is an infant then where is the mother? Aren't there fines for hitting animals like monkeys on the road? Giving a infant to the local hunting club doesn't bode well for the little one if it can survive by itself without a parent or a group.

A man, whose car struck the wild monkey at around 4 p.m. Sunday while driving on a Shiga Prefecture expressway, found a dent in the front of the vehicle but no sign of the animal.

He's seriously daft if he didn't check around a little more for both the animal and damage to his car. People drive here with tunnel vision at the best of times. Pedestrian crossings as one example - no one ever 'sees' the pedestrian waiting to cross.

Very lucky for the monkey that someone checked the engine room. Most people here rarely open the ボンネット(hood/bonnet).

Always tell my partner to slow down in places where there are deer, boar or monkeys. Never listens.

At ten kilos, it's a juvenile, not an infant, but as a social animal, I hope (s)he is able to find a suitable group. And when he does, boy, will he have a story to tell (you know how juveniles are).

Did the local hunting club tag it as well... just in order to make it easier to track for the next pest control hunt ?