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Langur that was attacked by a mob in Bokaro had become ‘a serious public threat’

July 28, 2025 1:31 pm

This comes days after a video that shows a mob of locals attacking a langur with sticks in Bokaro’s Sector 11 drew outrage, with animal rights activists calling for action.

A langur snatched a boy's roti, causing him to cry (Image Source: @gharkekalesh/X)

Langur snatches boy’s roti in viral video as father films; the Internet calls out 'bad parenting'

May 17, 2025 5:01 pm

A viral video showing a father ignoring his child’s distress during an encounter with a monkey has sparked backlash online.

Why are langurs deployed to ward off monkeys?

September 29, 2024 12:44 pm

For decades, it has been common practice to deploy Indian grey langurs to combat rhesus monkeys. But is there any scientific basis behind this?

Rampaging gray langur terrorises a village in Ambala

March 21, 2022 2:38 am

From clambering up moving vehicles to stealing food from kitchens at will and attacking kids playing in the open, the long-tailed mischief maker has single-handedly disrupted normal life in the area.

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When a langur lived and died in quarantine

June 15, 2020 9:52 am

Long before COVID-19 made it a household term, a first brush with quarantine of a different sort

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Woman feeds langur on table, gets praised on social media for compassion

June 10, 2020 2:51 pm

In the two-minute-long video posted by Chand Das from Mayureswar in West Bengal's Birbhum district, his mother is seen feeding the langur a mixture of rice, dal and vegetables.