Monkeys Terrorize New Delhi

[myrna minx]

Nov 2, 2003 9:36 pm US/Central
NEW DELHI (AP) In a capital city where cows roam the streets and elephants plod along in the bus lanes, it's no surprise to find government buildings overrun with monkeys.

But the officials who work there are fed up. They've been bitten, robbed and otherwise tormented by monkeys that ransack files, bring down power lines, screech at visitors and bang on office windows.

The Supreme Court has stepped in, decreeing that New Delhi should be a monkey-free city after citizens filed a lawsuit demanding protection from the animals.

Easier said than done. A past initiative to scare off the army of Rhesus macaques with ultrahigh frequency loudspeakers didn't work. A plan to deport them to distant regions has stalled because local governments refused to have them.
http://www.wcco.com/water/watercooler_story_306223813.html


---Sheesh---and I thought my office was a zoo...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Greatest. Headline. Ever.

[neuvocat]

2. Damned George W. Bush

Why does he and his family have to keep ruining things all over the world?

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. These are clearly Pakistani terrorist monkeys with Al Qaeda links

Everyone knows that Al Qaeda regularly trains monkeys to terrorize India.

[LuLu550]

4. I was bitten by a monkey

not a lot of people living in the US can say that, you know...just one of the "unusual facts about me."

[myrna minx]

5. OK, but were you ever robbed by one? ;-)

This article just cracked me up.

[LuLu550]

7. nope

you got me there....never robbed by one, just bitten..by a little squirrel monkey named JoeJoe. He got pissed off when I stood up quickly to pass something to his owner. Being in a "haze," it took a few seconds for me to realize he was sinking his razor sharp teeth into my flesh.

[myrna minx]

9. OMG-

Did you need stitches? Wow, that sounds quite awful.

[LuLu550]

10. it was painful and surreal...

he was chattering away while he bit. I grabbed him and threw him to the floor and he twisted in mid-air and repositioned himself before he hit the floor. As soon as his little feet hit the ground, he leapt back up and continued chomping away at my arm....all the while I was thinking "holly crap, I'm being bitten by a monkey!"
His little teeth were so small I had multiple deep wounds, but all too narrow to stitch...now it's one of my favorite stories!

[smirkymonkey]

6. I didn't know the Bush Family was

in India!

[TXlib]

8. Just blast the little fuckers.

[damnraddem]

11. Terrorizing New Delhi? I didn't even know that ...

the band was still together. Hey, hey!