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Red-faced monkeys spotted near Gir sanctuary, ex-Gujarat wildlife board member flags ‘dangerous’ threat in letter to CM

December 15, 2025 2:24 pm

Bhushan Pandya said the monkeys could endanger Hanuman langurs, crops and Asiatic lions, adding that farmers in the region are facing losses due to damage by the monkeys. He urged urgent intervention

Monkeys out of protected list, wildlife dept seeks funds from Shimla MC for sterilization drive

October 01, 2025 2:01 pm

A 2004 joint survey by the Wildlife Department and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) had estimated the monkey population in Himachal at 3.7 lakh; by the 2023 census, the number had reduced to 1.36 lakh, largely due to the sterilization programme launched in 2006

Ukraine man, ashram priest booked for UP monkey deaths

May 07, 2025 12:35 am

According to police, on Monday, a resident of Anyaur village, Madhav, filed an FIR alleging that the ashram priest and the foreign national were shooting monkeys in the area

How bad monkeys from the towns are corrupting good monkeys that live in the hills

April 10, 2024 11:20 am

The problem is that macaques have pretty short and extremely incendiary fuses: if you don’t give them what they want, you’re asking for trouble

For monkey census in Delhi, forest department reaches out to wildlife body

December 25, 2021 2:36 am

🔴 The census is “proposed to be conducted to assess the number of monkeys and identification of problematic areas in the city”.

Monkeys have changed their favourite spots over years, prefer sectors closer to forest area

August 22, 2021 3:27 am

The troops like the central and east division, which are close to the forest cover areas including the Sukhna Wildlife sanctuary and the Nepli forest.

Explained: What is Monkey B virus, which caused the first human death in China?

July 27, 2021 9:10 am

The 53-year-old male vet, who worked for an institution researching on non-human primates, started showing early-onset symptoms of nausea and vomiting in April. The vet died in May raising concerns amid the existing coronavirus pandemic.

Monkey menace: Karnataka HC asks govt to submit control plan

June 10, 2021 8:03 am

Hearing a PIL, the high court observed that Bengaluru may follow the Delhi NCT model to shift stray monkeys back to their natural habitats from residential areas.

Explained: Why human cells grown in monkey embryos sparked ethics debate

April 20, 2021 5:11 pm

In this study, the monkey embryos containing human stem cells stayed alive and grew outside the body for a period of 19 days.

New Delhi: South body wants wildlife dept to take over monkey-catching

November 14, 2018 1:24 am

The South civic body caught 129 monkeys till September this year — a period during which over 393 bite cases were reported.

MONKEYS PHOTOS

Monkeys chomp away to glory at feast festival in central Thailand

November 27, 2022 7:01 pm

A meal fit for monkeys was served on Sunday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand.

MONKEYS VIDEOS

Monkeys to be sterilised in Agra

January 21, 2016 5:47 am

Agra (UP), Jan 21 (ANI): To curb the problem of monkey menace, Agra Divisional Commissioner P Bhatnagar launched a pilot project to sterlise monkeys in the city on Thursday. Bhatnagar said in the first phase of the pilot project, around 500 monkeys would be sterilised. He added that if the first phase would be successful, then there will be a second phase with more number of monkeys.

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