Efforts to trace monkey that fled Scottish wildlife park intensify

A Japanese macaque. The missing monkey is not thought to pose a threat to humans or pets. Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Efforts to trace a monkey that escaped from a wildlife park in the Highlands of Scotland have intensified after the primate was spotted by a member of the public after his second night of freedom.

Hopes had been raised on Monday night that the Japanese macaque, which jumped the perimeter fence of the enclosure he shares with more than 30 others on Sunday, had grown tired of his solo adventure.