Planning for the apes | Could Starbucks have prevented drive-thru monkey attack on employee?

A Starbucks employee in Alabama was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey when it jumped through a drive-thru service window.

The employee was working at the drive-thru when the monkey - identified as an Aotus Monkey, otherwise known as a Noisy Night Monkey - which was inside a customer’s vehicle, got free.

A police statement said: “The monkey then leapt from the vehicle, through the window of the business, and attacked an employee.”

A co-worker rushed to help and pulled the monkey off the employee.