What are two Lebanese monkeys doing in a house in the north?

Inspectors from the Israeli Nature and Park Service collected the monkeys and took care of them.

Last week, two monkeys apparently fled Lebanon’s family captivity and appeared in a house on Moshav Dovev’s northern border last week. Inspectors from the Israeli Nature and Park Service collected the monkeys and took care of them.

The monkeys are likely to be released due to difficulties the owner has encountered in raising and feeding them. In some cases, monkeys travel to Israel. This happened five months ago, just one and a half months ago, when two monkeys arrived at Rosh Hanikra.

The most famous case of Lebanese monkeys traveling through Israel six years ago is. The monkey named Tahtuh had a long journey in a few weeks. Unlike the monkeys who stopped in the settlement near the border fence, Tahtuh arrived at the Karmiel area.

“The monkey Tahtuh left the tires and continued to the Bint Jbail area and was taken over by the Beatrice sisters, who set up an animal farm called Peace Ark in southern Lebanon,” Yodfat's Monkey Forest Director Nura Tavor told Walla six months ago.

Tahtuh continued on with a long spirit, escaped from the farm, reached Zar'it, and continued his journey until he was captured by Tavor of Majd El-Kurum. A special connection was established between Tavor and the Beatrice sisters, and with the help of the IDF, Tahtuh was sent back to Beatrice.

Yisrael Sabag, a farmer from Moshav Dovev, said the two monkeys chose to enter the shed in one of Moshav's houses. “The homeowners were shocked to see them. It was absolutely unusual. He gave them food and they seemed hungry. Then he called the inspectors authorized by Israeli nature and parks.”

He added that the arrival of the monkey is an interesting event considering Moshav's difficult reality. “Almost all families are back home, only five are not back,” he said. “But even though the family is back, it's not the same. The atmosphere here is sad; you don't see people when you walk around Moshav. There's no joy as you used to, and there's no sense of community. It feels like everything collapsed during the evacuation, and it's hard to rebuild it now.”

Moshav residents describe abandonment since evacuation

Sabag said: “Next week, we will not celebrate the farmers' holiday that we have been celebrating. The Moshaf Council has contacted residents and only a few people expressed interest in celebrating.

“It's really sad, but it feels like the country doesn't care about what's going on here anymore. The war is over – that's all. They forget us.”