Posted on 03/06/2020 10:36:34 AM PST by nickcarraway
Troops of monkeys have raided the offices of India's top cabinet ministers and taken over, leaving ministers too scared to make eye-contact with the animals
Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat headquarters in Northern India, which is home to cabinet ministers and bureaucrats, has been overrun by opportunist macaques, who are said to climb into offices via balconies.
Meanwhile security guards staged on site say they are being distracted from their work by the red-faced pests but are unable to do shoo them away while at their stations.
Until a solution is found they are reportedly making do with slingshots to protect themselves.
The Indian Express reports: "The Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, which houses the offices of chief ministers of both states, the cabinet ministers and the offices of top bureaucrats, has literally been taken over by monkeys."
Despite attempts to rid the head quarters of the menace, the paper reports the situation has become so bad guards have taken to "avoiding eye contact" or running away to avoid provoking them.
A senior central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official told local media who guard the building said: “The other day, one monkey caught hold of my jacket from behind. I did not turn and kept moving. The monkey went away."
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“We had offered that we can provide them professional slingshots,” said the official added.
A CISF spokesman is now calling on the government to employe full-time monkey catchers, citing concerns over the safety of using slingshots.
He said: “It is not CISF’s duty to shoo away the monkeys. Our duty is to stop any intrusion or any terrorist attack. How can we stop or shoo away monkeys?
"We were asked to use slingshots. But what if the shot hits people? The best solution is monkey catchers. The government should engage monkey catchers."
However local reports say traditional monkey management methods have so far failed and the monkey population is getting out of control.
Oh, India? Bummer. I was hoping for DC.
Sounds like the same problem we have in the House of Representatives.
Regime Change!
“Caged monkey brain horror”
??
Already happened years and years ago.
I thought maybe Wicked Witch Hitlery let her flying monkeys loose in DC!!
OK, that made me laugh. You’re so right.
Tell us something new.
I think we’ll see a headline like that soon with the Berniebots!
CCW
Sounds like a good name for a Rock band.
“I wanna be like you-oooh-oooh”
Monkeys or Rats, take your pick.
This is what happens when you elect Democrats................
Oh, India? Bummer. I was hoping for DC.
Same here, and we both would be called racists or speciests!
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