MUMBAI, India - Animal rights activists rescued a pregnant monkey which was badly bruised after being beaten up by local people in a town near Mumbai. The monkey is recovering in a veterinary hospital.However, another female Rhesus monkey died from burn injuries.
The Thane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA) tried to save it after it came into contact with a high-tension electric wire.
The Thane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA) tried to save it after it came into contact with a high-tension electric wire.Both animals were victims of loss of habitat through rapid urbanisation, Thane SPCA president Shakuntala Majumdar said.
The Rhesus macaque that got electrocuted fell on a high-tension wire in the industrial area of Kolshet in Thane on February 4 and got badly burnt, Majumdar said.
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