Rare monkeys stolen from zoo

LONDON, June 20 (UPI) -- Five endangered monkeys have been stolen from a British zoo.

Two silvery marmosets, Captain Jack and Jazz, and their 6-week-old baby, Larkin, were taken Sunday along with a pair of Geoffrey marmosets -- Calli and Cartman -- from a glass-fronted enclosure at the Drusilla's Zoo near Alfriston, East Sussex, the London Telegraph reported.

The marmosets are worth up to $5,500 each on the black market, the newspaper said.

The zoo fears for the well-being of Jazz as she needs medication twice a day for a jaw infection. Without her, it is unlikely that her baby will survive.

"It is not their monetary value that concerns us. It is the fact that we need to know they are OK," said John Haywood of the National Theft Register for Exotic Animals. "We believe these animals may have been stolen to order or taken to be part of a private collection."