Terrorist monkeys, the biggest scare at Kanpur zoo

Its been two years when two notorious monkeys, who had terrorised residents of Hamirpur District, were nabbed and caged in Kanpur Zoo. Time has passed but the scare is still there in everyones mind at the zoo here.

Kanpur, Nov.30 : It's been two years when two notorious monkeys, who had terrorised residents of Hamirpur District, were nabbed and caged in Kanpur Zoo. Time has passed but the scare is still there in everyone's mind at the zoo here.

"On Hamirpur road in Kanpur, loads of complaints were lodged against these two menacing monkeys. People were actually terrorized because of them," said Dr. U. C. Shrivastav, veterinarian at the Kanpur Zoo.

"Our specialized teams caught hold of these monkeys some three years back. Countless people became their victims. So much so, that many of them had to undergo serious surgeries. They created so much terror that we have started calling them terrorist monkeys," Shrivastav informed.

The duo is said to have injured over 500 individuals in a single locality. These simians had created such terror that the residents stopped going to their rooftops even during daytime.

At Kanpur zoo, both the simians have been kept in separate cages since the zoo authorities fear they may attack and even kill each other.

Observing that both the monkeys are averse and allergic to any outsider trying to intimidate them, the zoo keepers have christened the two after the famous characters "Jai" and "Veeru" of the all time Bollywood blockbuster "Sholay".

Both are being given a special diet that has also become a heavy burden for the zoo.

"We are giving them enriched diet, costing around five to six thousand rupees annually. Even the anesthetic used on them is pretty costly. In future, if similar complaints or cases like these Jai and Veeru reach us, we will not be able to oblige since there is paucity of funds as well as space to house such guests," said Pramod, caretaker of the zoo.

Today, the monkeys are caged, but their love and hate relationship has always become the 'talk of the town', the town being Kanpur zoo. By Mahendra Mishra

ANI