Drunk monkeys attack villagers

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BHUBANESWAR: A group of monkeys descended on an Orissa village, quaffed down pots of an intoxicating brew lying in the open and then set upon the villagers, injuring three of them.

The incident occurred in Baralapokhari village near Bhadrak town, 142 km from here.

more... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...ow/1080182.cms

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Rumour has it that one of the Monkeys had just returned from Assam where he was seen talking to an Elephant.

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Drunk elephants kill six people
(Assam is home to half of India's elephants)

Drunken elephants have trampled at least six people to death in the northeast Indian state of Assam, local officials say.
The herd of wild elephants stumbled across the supplies of homemade rice beer after they destroyed granaries in search of food.

The incident happened near Tinsukia, 550 kilometres (344 miles) from the Assam capital, Guwahati.

"They smashed huts and plundered granaries and broke open casks to drink rice beer. The herd then went berserk killing six people," a forestry official told AFP news agency.news link


The powerful right wing All India Wandering Cow's Association strongly condemned the incident in a carefuly calibrated press conference. The association's president remainded the respective animal groups about the dangers of blindly imitating the human culture.

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Outrage over poisoning of monkeys
By Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI AUG. 31.

Expressing shock at the mass killing of 60 monkeys in the Basana-Kalanaur area of Rohtak district on Sunday afternoon, environmentalists have written to the President, the Prime Minister, the Union Environment and Forests Minister, the Chief Ministers of Delhi and Haryana and various non-government organisations working to protect wildlife to ensure that "a crime like this is never repeated anywhere in the country''.
The ghastly poisoning and killing of monkeys came to light when the villagers of Basana spotted four young men in a jeep dumping blood stained gunny bags in the open fields. When they tried to stop them, the young men ran away dumping the bags. While 59 were already dead, the villagers managed to save one monkey.
According to environmentalists working in….http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/01/stor...0105930400.htm



NEW DELHI, JULY 27.

A secretary-level meeting, meant for upkeep of Shastri Bhavan, last week discussed, among other things, a rather curious issue — the monkey menace. The sprawling complex houses several Ministries besides the Press Information Bureau (PIB). Several Ministers also have their offices in the building.
Hiring a `langur'
It was pointed out that a dozen monkeys had ``attacked'' a senior official on a Saturday. Concern was expressed over the increasing activities of monkeys which became more ``playful and naughty'' on Saturdays, Sundays and Government holidays, and someone pointed out that the only way to drive them away was to hire a `langur' (chimpanzee). http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/28/stor...2806250300.htm



Wild influx into tech city
G.S. RADHAKRISHNA
Hyderabad, March 6:

The drought first drove farmers to suicide; now, it is apparently driving animals away from forests and into cities.

“Over 25,000 monkeys have strayed into Hyderabad in search of food. It has become a tough job to get monkey-catchers this season,” Andhra Pradesh wildlife conservator P. Joseph said.

Red-faced monkeys are not the only wildlife visitors to the state’s 200-odd towns and cities, according to wildlife department officials.

Leopards, bears, bisons, fox and wild boars, too, have been sighted over the past few weeks, making residents jittery about safety, claim municipal officials. The monkeys are the most troublesome, stealing coconuts, milk packets and food, especially from infants and the aged.

One of them plundered the milk packets and vegetables that vendors had left outside the door of Rukmini Rao, a 28-year-old housewife of Chikkadapally here. “What will I do if this keeps repeating every day?” she asked. Gowri Kumari, a 14-year-old of Basheerbagh, was in tears after another ran away with her lunch box.

Municipal corporation official Prabhakar Reddy of Begumpet said he has been chasing monkeys for the last 10 days. “I have been running from rooftops of temples and shopping complexes to that of schools to catch these animals.”

“We catch at least 2,000 monkeys a day and leave them 50 km away. But they are back in 48 hours,” an urban administration official said.

The worst hit are joggers and walkers as almost all of Hyderabad’s 126 lakes and water tanks have become watering holes for the primates.

They were so pesky that the finance ministry had to allocate a large sum, under the head of animal care, to provide emergency supplies like food and water to the displaced animals even before the budget was presented on February 18. http://www.telegraphindia.com/105030...ry_4462655.asp

Family planning for monkeys
Ashok Das
Hyderabad, April 23

The big danger to Bill Clinton during his March 2000 visit to Hyderabad were the local monkeys, at least according to state administration. Back then 40 professional monkey catchers were hired. Now, the Andhra government has decided more direct action is needed. Their solution: family planning for monkeys.

The administration, silently bearing the brunt of the monkey menace in several parts of the state for years, has drawn up an ambitious Rs 8.5 crore action plan for birth control and rehabilitation of the unwanted simians.

“The Rhesus Macaque population has grown alarmingly in the state since the Janata government at the Centre banned the export of monkeys in 1978. Till that time, India was rated as the world’s largest exporter of monkeys for bio-medical research.

Environmental degradation caused by dwindling forest cover has also forced monkeys to move to towns and villages in search of food resulting in frequent attacks on human beings and destruction of crop and properties,” says a senior forest official.

Besides Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and temple towns such as Tirumala-Tirupati, Srisailam and Simhachalam, the Forest Department has identified seven districts as the ones chronically hit by money menace.

The project envisages capture of hundreds of monkeys from towns and villages and sterilizing them before their release into nearby forests.
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Monkeys taking 'bribes' over court cases

Litigants in India are 'bribing' monkeys with bananas to ensure that court cases go their way.
Hindus believe feeding the animals on days regarded favourable to monkey god Hanuman will guarantee speedy hearings.
Hordes of monkeys are reported to have invaded court premises as a result.
Businessman Manoj Sharma, whose case has been going through a New Delhi court for five years, told newspaper Jagriti: "My lawyer and astrologer suggested I should keep monkeys happy. After offering bananas to them, the case has been ruled in my favour."
Another litigant, Mahinder Pal Singh, said there was a miraculous improvement in the progress of court proceedings after he "bribed the monkeys".
He said: "I thought I would be an old man before my case came up for hearing. Now I am almost there. It's almost as if god is sitting in judgment.
Fruit vendor Ramashrey Pandey said: "The demand for bananas has done a whole lot of good to everyone. It used to take me an entire day to sell a basket. Now the entire stuff is taken within one hour."