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Mumbai: Is the forest department ignorant towards monkey rescue operations?
Updated On: 04 November, 2014 12:20 PM IST | | Neha LM Tripathi
<p>Citizens complain that when they call the Forest Department to report a monkey that needs to be caught or rescued, they are referred to private monkey-catchers instead, who charge up to Rs 6,000</p>

Citizens who reach out to the Forest department (FD) hoping for assistance with wild animals such as monkeys, are in for disappointment. Residents in Mulund, Borivli and other areas along the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), are dismayed by the poor response they receive from officials every time they call to report a monkey sighting and ask for help.

A langur gets treated at the Thane SPCA, after he was electrocuted while sitting on electrical wires in Mulund. An NGO took him to the SPCA on Sunday evening but he passed away in the morning yesterday
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