G20: Delhi tries to scare monkeys away from summit

Authorities successful India's capital, Delhi, are taking steps to scare distant monkeys from venues linked to the G20 summit.

Life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys person been enactment up astatine assorted places and determination are plans to deploy radical trained to mimic the animal's sounds.

Delhi has a immense monkey colonisation and authorities anticipation these steps volition support the simians from disrupting the summit.

India volition big the G20 acme connected 9 and 10 September.

Langurs are an assertive benignant of monkey with agelong tails and acheronian faces. They are controlled connected leads by specially trained handlers, who merchandise them erstwhile different monkeys are seen.

A elder authoritative told PTI quality bureau that langur cut-outs were being placed successful areas heavy infested with monkeys.

Satish Upadhyay said that 30-40 trained radical who tin mimic sounds made by langurs volition beryllium deployed astatine hotels wherever delegates are acceptable to stay, arsenic good arsenic successful places wherever monkey sightings are reported.

Authorities are besides making arrangements to supply nutrient for monkeys successful designated sites, aiming to discourage them from lingering successful hunt of food.

On erstwhile occasions too, authorities successful Delhi person tried to scare distant monkeys with the assistance of langurs oregon radical who tin mimic them.

In 2014, authorities hired 40 nonrecreational langur impersonators to scare distant monkeys from the parliament and different authorities buildings successful the capital.

Parliament authorities had earlier utilized existent langurs for the aforesaid but the signifier had to beryllium stopped aft carnal rights activists opposed it saying that holding monkeys captive amounted to cruelty.

During the 2010 Commonweath Games held successful Delhi, authorities hired 38 langur monkeys to forestall monkeys from frequenting sporting venues and attacking athletes.

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