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Delhi's deputy mayor killed by monkeysWild animals do for SS BajwaPublished Monday 22nd October 2007 09:10 GMT Delhi's deputy mayor SS Bajwa died yesterday as a result of "serious head injuries" after falling from his first-floor terrace while attempting to fight off a pack of wild monkeys, the BBC reports. The unfortunate incident on Saturday highlights Delhi's ongoing battle against the monkey hordes which "invade government complexes and temples, snatch food, and scare passers-by", but which are considered sacred by devout Hindus who see them as a "manifestation of the monkey god Hanuman". While culling them is therefore off the agenda, India's High Court last year ordered Delhi to address the problem. The city has tried training teams of "larger, more ferocious" langur monkeys to have a pop at smaller, bothersome Rhesus macaques, and also employs monkey catchers to corral the animals for relocation to forests. However, as the BBC notes, Delhi's expanding urban sprawl is destroying the monkeys' natural habitat, exacerbating the problem. ® 22 comments posted — Comment period finished Ever increasing monkey sizesPosted: 09:28 22nd October 2007 Probably the work of evil Doctor Pork ChopPosted: 09:40 22nd October 2007 Boris Johnson for mayor of LondonPosted: 09:43 22nd October 2007 Large monkeysPosted: 09:58 22nd October 2007 HmmmmPosted: 10:19 22nd October 2007
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