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30 monkeys found dead,20 injured in Hassan dist, Video goes viral

30 monkeys found dead,20 injured in Hassan dist, Video goes viral
, Saturday, 31 July 2021 (17:22 IST)
Hassan: Wildlife seized of life ! In a tragic incident, 30 monkeys were found dead at a village in Chowdanahalli village of Belur taluk early hours on Thursday .
Forest officials suspected that miscreants had poisoned and beaten up the monkeys to death. They had brought monkeys from a different place, and when their plans to transport them to another location failed, they tried to kill all of them.
 
As many as 20 other monkeys were found to be injured. However, barring 2 monkeys, others have recovered and left after local residents tended to them.Miscreants had stuffed the monkeys in gunny bags and thrown them by the roadside near Chowdenahalli.
 
The incident came to light when the local youths, after finding the gunny bags lying on the roadside, opened them.
 
The villagers were shocked to see the dead bodies of monkeys. It was found that the monkeys were assaulted after being stuffed in gunny bags.When the gunny bags were opened, some monkeys were found gasping for breath and unable to move.
 
The locals fed the monkeys with water and vented out their ire on the shocking incident. Among the 20 monkeys, 18 recovered after drinking water and left the place. The two are being treated by the veterinary doctors and are said to be out of danger.
 
Assistant Conservator of Forests, Belur Forest Range visited the spot. Range Forest Officer and Forester D. Gururaj are investigating the matter.
The forest officials said they will take necessary steps to bury the dead monkeys.Post-mortem has been conducted on one of the dead monkeys and preliminary reports suggested poisoning.(UNI)

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