Foresters set up trap for monkeys

Coimbatore: Forest department officials on Tuesday placed a cage to capture monkeys troubling residents of Ragupathy layout at Bharathi Park in the city. A rapid response team of the forest department has placed the cage with fruits inside that on the premises of a house. “When the monkeys attempt to eat the fruits, the cage door will be closed automatically, trapping them inside,” one of the team members said.
Five monkeys have been roaming in the area for a while. Fed up with the monkey menace, Saraswathi Ramesh, an assistant professor from Ragupathy layout, had on Monday approached forest department officials, asking them to capture the animals. She said monkeys were roaming at the children’s park near the BSNL office at Bharathi Park and asked the officials to place cage there to capture them.
The forest department said people from the Coimbatore forest division could contact the rapid response toll free number (1800 4254 5456) to report any wildlife issues, including wildlife crime and man-animal conflict. tnn