Akira Honda, 24, has already been indicted for stealing a penguin from Nagasaki Bio Park. Additional documents regarding the other thefts were sent to prosecutors on Monday.
They accuse him of stealing a female capybara from Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on Nov. 1, 2009, by stuffing the animal into a shopping bag. The animal was worth around 150,000 yen. He's also accused of stealing a squirrel monkey, again from the Bio Park, on Jan. 18 of this year.
The capybara was kept at his shop until December, when it died. Honda sold the squirrel monkey as part of a pair to a pet shop in Yokohama for about 410,000 yen.
The capybara was one of four born in the zoo in August 2009. The zoo discovered it had gone missing on the night of Nov. 1, 2009, and feared that it had been killed by one of the raccoon dogs or weasels living on the zoo grounds.
Nagasaki Bio Park officials worried that the squirrel monkey had similarly fallen prey to one of the snakes living there. "We were hoping to bring animals closer to visitors, and for this kind of thing to happen is a real shame," said a high-ranking officials of the park.
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