India's monkey troubles

Published November 24, 2011
A monkey looks out from a cage before its sterilization.
A monkey looks out from a cage before its sterilization.
A monkey eats a leftover apple from a garbage box in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla.
A monkey eats a leftover apple from a garbage box in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla.
A monkey looks out from a cage before its sterilization at a monkey rescue centre run by forest and wildlife department Tutikandi in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla.
A monkey looks out from a cage before its sterilization at a monkey rescue centre run by forest and wildlife department Tutikandi in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla.
Monkey trappers Raghunath, 28, (R) and Alok, 25, carry monkeys to the monkey rescue centre
Monkey trappers Raghunath, 28, (R) and Alok, 25, carry monkeys to the monkey rescue centre
An attendant (L) and trapper Alok, 25, carry caught monkeys to the monkey rescue centre.
An attendant (L) and trapper Alok, 25, carry caught monkeys to the monkey rescue centre.
A Langur monkey runs across a road.
A Langur monkey runs across a road.

The Himachal Pradesh state government is offering a reward of 500 Indian Rupees ($9.50) for every monkey caught by a member of the public in an effort to control their numbers. Monkeys are increasingly seen as a nuisance in places like the capital Shimla, where they harass people and other animals on the roads and rifle through garbage bins looking for food. Monkeys caught are taken to one of four sterilization centres, where they are neutered before being released back into the same area they were trapped in. -Photos by Reuters

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