Acting manager Mark Challis said Belfast Zoo was establishing an excellent reputation for the breeding of leaf eating monkeys.

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Zoo manager Mark Challis said the coati was in good health.

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"One was put up a tree by fox hounds in Templepatrick and we caught the other one in a garden on the outskirts of Glengormley, " Mr Challis said.

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