India hires mimics to scare away parliament monkeys

[timmy]

taken from: http://www.bbc.com/news/28599470

India hires mimics to scare away parliament monkeys

Thousands of macaque monkeys roam Delhi's streets

Forty Indian men have been hired to impersonate monkeys to scare away the real monkeys from Delhi's parliament and other government buildings.

The men make screeching noises similar to those of black-faced langur monkeys, to frighten red-faced macaque monkeys.

Thousands of macaque monkeys roam Delhi's streets, trashing gardens and offices and attacking people for food.

But the animals are considered sacred by Hindus, who often feed them, encouraging them to remain.

Delhi's civic authorities were earlier using real langurs to keep monkeys away from the parliament complex.

But the practice had to be abandoned after protests from animal rights activists and a court order that keeping monkeys in captivity was cruel.

Real langurs were used to scare monkeys but the practice was abandoned after charges of animal cruelty
India's Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu informed parliament on Thursday that the municipal authorities were now hiring men to impersonate langur monkeys.

"Various efforts are being made to tackle the monkey and dog menace inside and around the parliament house... The measures include scaring the monkeys away by trained persons who disguise themselves as langurs," he said.

This "very talented" group of men imitate the whoops and barks of langurs and hide behind trees to ward off the aggressive animals, officials of the Delhi municipality said.

Delhi's large population of stray monkeys has been a long-standing problem and they are considered a public nuisance.

They have caused havoc, riding on the city's metro trains, and roaming through parliament, invading the prime minister's office and the defence ministry.

How do you like that?

I see India is so different from the USA: You are hiring people to imitate monkeys to keep monkeys out of your Lok Sabha.

Here in the USA, we elect and hire people to imitate monkeys, to go into our Congress and to encourage real monkeys to join them.

[nagarifle]

nay bhai its all the same, we have plenty of monkeys who look like politations, and politicians who are monkies. also some monkies put the politations to shame.

[Hammerhead]

Why ?

Politicians should do that !!!

[nagarifle]

because they like to monkey around with us.
"(Theme From) The Monkees"

Here we come, walkin'
Down the street.
We get the funniest looks from
Ev'ry one we meet.
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We go wherever we want to,
do what we like to do
We don't have time to get restless,
There's always something new.
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We're just tryin' to be friendly,
Come and watch us sing and play,
We're the young gneration,
And we've got something to say.

Any time, Or anywhere,
Just look over your shoulder
Guess who'll be standing there

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

[break]

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We're just tryin' to be friendly,
Come and watch us sing and play,
We're the young gneration,
And we've got something to say.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees

[brihacharan]

nay bhai its all the same, we have plenty of monkeys who look like politations, and politicians who are monkies. also some monkies put the politations to shame.

This chap is probably lending his ears to a debate in the parliament on the issue of "The right to own firearms" by the honest tax paying citizens
Briha

[nagarifle]