A woman jumped into a monkey enclosure at a zoo to try and save cats reportedly being "molested" and "mounted".
Footage shows the woman trying to climb into the monkey enclosure at the Kunming Zoo, China, as some tried to pull her away while others watched on in disbelief last Saturday (January 27).
Later that day Kunming Zoo, which is located in the Yunnan Province of China, released a statement confirming that two cats had been brought to safety after being removed from the Monkey Mountain enclosure.
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The woman's efforts to take matters into her own hands come after videos emerged a week earlier of the monkeys seemingly torturing the cats with a clip showing the felines being pulled around, having their whiskers plucked as well as being mounted.
The cats who were reportedly placed in the monkey enclosure to deal with a rodent problem received a full physical evaluation by vets at the Yunnan Agricultural University according to Kunming Zoo, revealing that they were in good physical condition and that they sustained no injuries.
Cats were placed in the enclosure back in 2013 after a food storage issue had led hundreds of rats to go into the monkey enclosure, with eight felines and later their four offspring tasked with getting the rat infestation under control.
After successfully doing so the zoo removed 10 cats, leaving two behind in the monkey enclosure to deal with any remaining rodents.
The zoo added over that time there weren't any issues between cats and monkeys and that they got along well over the decade they were together.
They expressed their thanks to the public for their worries about the animal's welfare and emphasised their commitment to looking back on the things they did wrong and will consider public opinions.
Kunming Zoo confirmed the two felines will be rehoused in safer homes by the China Small Animal Protection Association.
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