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| Himachal Pradesh to sterilise 65,000 monkeys |
| 2007-04-06 |
| SHIMLA: A state government in northern India has announced plans to sterilise tens of thousands of monkeys after complaints from farmers that the animals are destroying their crops. Thousands of farmers and activists gathered outside the state legislature of Himachal PradeshÂ’s capital Shimla this week to demand action from the government. "We now plan to operate on 65,000 monkeys in urban areas of the state," said the state Forest Minister Ram Lal Thakur late on Thursday. After sterilisation, the monkeys will be observed for five days before being released again. The government is training veterinarians for this massive sterilisation programme. Thakur did not say how long the sterilisation scheme would take. There are more than 300,000 monkeys in the state, up from an estimated 60,000 in 1985, according to government figures. Wildlife experts say monkeys come into conflict with humans when their natural habitat in forests is destroyed. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #5 Monkeys? ummmmm. Good eatin. |
| Posted by: Xenophone 2007-04-06 17:47 |
| #4 Never heard of them, but they're saying the monkeys are "Destroying Crops" so that puts them squarely in the "Vermin" category, (Along with Raccoons, Possums, Deer and Rabbits) and vermin Death is appropriate over human starvation. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-06 17:00 |
| #3 #2: you are obviously not a fan of "Lancelot Link"...or the POTA classics flics... |
| Posted by: borgboy2001 2007-04-06 14:57 |
| #2 Just shoot the damn monkeys, they're acting like these monkeys are really small people, they're NOT. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-06 14:06 |
| #1 Yeah, I'd like to see this happen. Firs they have to catch 65K of these critters. I wonder how many fingers are going to be bitten off in that little exercise. Then they have to perform surgery on them? Or is surgery a bit too delicate a term? Regardless, this is going to cost a heap and and take a long, long time. I wonder if the monkeys will breed faster than the vets can sterilize them. Must be muzzie monkeys. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2007-04-06 12:39 |