Monkey confined to dingy cage rescued from a residence in Bihar’s Aurangabad district.

Monkey confined to dingy cage rescued from a residence in Bihar’s Aurangabad district.

Aurangabad (Bihar) April 29: In a joint effort of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and the forest department of Aurangabad Bihar, rescued a rhesus macaque monkey from an individual house in the district, an official said.

The animal was being held in a small, rusted, dingy, filthy cage without access to suitable food or water in an individual’s home. The animal is currently being housed at the Aurangabad Forest Division’s facility before its release back into the wild.

Acting on the complaint of common citizens, we have taken the help of divisional forest officer Aurangabad and rescued the animal following a raid.

“I would like to thank Aurangabad Forest Division officials for working with us to rescue a caged monkey from a grim situation,” says PETA India’s Cruelty Response Coordinator, Sinchana Subramanyan.

“PETA India urges anyone who learns of cruelty to animals to report it to a local animal protection group and the police or, where wildlife is involved, the forest department,” Subramanyan said.

Monkeys kept in people’s homes as “pets” or to be forced to dance are often chained or confined to tiny cages. When used for entertainment, they are typically trained through beating and food deprivation, and their teeth are commonly pulled out to prevent them from defending themselves.

“In 1998, the central government issued a notification under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, stating that monkeys and several other species of wild animals are not to be exhibited or trained as performing animals,” Subramanyan said.

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