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Marauding monkeys take over government office block and force officials to flee
Daily Star ^ | 6 MAR 2020 | Anna Savva

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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Caged monkey brain horror as US federal government 'spend $100m on experiments' An official from Punjab’s administration department told the Indian Express, CISF officers are so desperate they are using homemade slingshots from fallen tree branches.

“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.


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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Confidence in government in the area is up 40%


21 posted on 03/06/2020 11:04:12 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: nickcarraway

I am thinking we need to import a few million of these to DC


22 posted on 03/06/2020 11:05:21 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: DannyTN

The monkeys would probably do a better job


23 posted on 03/06/2020 11:07:36 AM PST by kaktuskid
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To: CommerceComet
"Sounds like the same problem we have in the House of Representatives."

The only difference was that those were lying JACKASSES!


24 posted on 03/06/2020 11:16:41 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: nickcarraway

CoVid-535 in D.C. See the little crown-like bling on their tiny heads. LOCKDWN. If left unchecked...NO treatment, NO cure. Look at history.


25 posted on 03/06/2020 11:17:52 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: nickcarraway

Monkeys are bastards. I’ve worked in a couple of areas where they’re common and they’re smart, motivated, and come at you from all sides. They plan a mass attack and grab everything that isn’t nailed down - they don’t care if you’re holding it or not. Good luck getting it back. I was working in Namibia at a location where the baboons - under an apparently charismatic leader - would make nocturnal raids. It’s pretty unusual because they’re afraid of leopards who typically hunt at night. Anyway, if you set something down it’d be gone. The only good part was when I would put a glove on the end of a stick and reach into the tent of a colleague who was terrified all the time. He finally gave up and took to sleeping in the truck. Oh, well - I didn’t like him anyway.


26 posted on 03/06/2020 11:18:58 AM PST by stormer
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Obama Carries A Statuette Of Lord Hanuman In His Pocket As A Good Luck Charm
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/obama-carries-a-statuette-of-lord-hanuman-in-his-pocket-as-a-good-luck-charm-249505.html


27 posted on 03/06/2020 11:20:10 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: kaktuskid

“CISF officers are so desperate they are using homemade slingshots from fallen tree branches.”

Monkey see, monkey do. Watch out for slingshot-wielding macaques.


28 posted on 03/06/2020 11:20:56 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Vaquero
Government offices will improve!😎
29 posted on 03/06/2020 11:30:47 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway

Hire them in the call centers. Problem solved and you won’t see a quality difference.


30 posted on 03/06/2020 11:35:10 AM PST by StolarStorm
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To: nickcarraway

Why dont they hire some of those monkey walkers that they use at temples? The natural monkeys behave better when theres a bigger “monkey” present and watching his domain.


31 posted on 03/06/2020 11:46:04 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this related to the attack on the 15 year old in Crown Heights?


32 posted on 03/06/2020 11:52:13 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: nickcarraway

This happens when the animals in question no longer fear humans.


33 posted on 03/06/2020 11:53:34 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, I thought they meant the primates in D.C.


34 posted on 03/06/2020 12:00:50 PM PST by laweeks
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To: BenLurkin

That’s a lot of junk to carry around in your pockets at any one time. Unless, it was an interview prop.


35 posted on 03/06/2020 12:01:19 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Sergio
🙈 🙉 🙊
36 posted on 03/06/2020 12:01:56 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: nickcarraway
These macaques were probably humans who behaved badly in their previous life, so they were reincarnated as opportunist macaques.

This is India, after all, where reincarnation takes place.

37 posted on 03/06/2020 12:18:02 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: JimSp

I clicked on this expecting a report on the US House of Representatives rweacting to the Ilhan&co anti-Americans.


38 posted on 03/06/2020 12:21:32 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: nickcarraway

It is easy, 5.56 and problem solved.


39 posted on 03/06/2020 8:01:17 PM PST by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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