Monkey Troops Occupy Government Buildings in India, Staff Use Homemade Slings to Drive Them Away
According to the British Daily Star on March 6th, monkeys ‘occupied’ government offices in India, climbing through windows and disrupting officials’ work. Some officials were forced to abandon their offices. Now, government staff are making self-made slings to drive away the monkeys.
Recently, groups of monkeys have occupied the offices of the Department of Civil Affairs in northern Punjab and Haryana states.
Security personnel at the scene said that these monkeys entered offices through balconies, affecting the normal work of officials. Before finding a solution, they could only rely on self-made slings to protect themselves.
According to India’s Quick News report: ‘The offices of the Civil Secretary of Punjab and Haryana states, including the offices of the chief ministers, cabinet ministers and senior officials, have been taken over by monkeys. These monkeys are irritable, and staff cannot look them in the eye to avoid angering them.’
Officials from the Indian Central Rapid Police Force (CISF) called on the government to hire full-time monkey catchers, saying: ‘Driving away monkeys is not the responsibility of the Indian Central Rapid Police Force. Using slings to drive monkeys is very dangerous, and bullets are likely to injure bystanders. The best solution is for the government to hire monkey catchers.’
However, traditional monkey-chasing methods may no longer be effective. Last year, the Punjab government wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Forest and Wildlife Protection Association, hoping they would arrange two wildlife rescue personnel to scare away the invading langurs, but these cunning langurs quickly realized the trick.
Wildlife Protection Deputy Director Abdul said: ‘The shortage of human resources makes it impossible to implement the plan to employ police to deal with monkeys. Our team only has 12 people, and it is very difficult to cover 40 patrol points in the city.’
Abdul believes that food waste attracted these monkeys.
Due to India’s urbanization process, the natural habitat of the langurs has been greatly reduced, leading to the langurs invading human territory.
In January, more than 400 monkeys invaded a village in India. The homes and land of 20 households of villagers were occupied by monkeys, and the villagers were occasionally attacked by monkeys, and finally had to move.
It is reported that monkeys in India are protected by law, although the problem of monkey infestation is causing headaches for the public, but people cannot dispose of them arbitrarily.
