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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
  • To: monkeywire AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Monkeys to be served brandy to keep warm
  • Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:08:23 -0500


[ Thanks to Gregory Nahas for this story. ]


Monkeys to be served brandy to keep them warm
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_467676.html

Friday 7th December 2001

Monkeys in an Indian zoo are to be served brandy to keep them warm during winter.

Lucknow zoo has requisitioned stocks of brandy from a government store to serve its 35 monkeys.

The brandy will be diluted with warm water before being served to the
primates.

Newspaper Dainik Ujala says the exact dose will be determined by the age and size of the animals.

The authorities say the monkeys will have no problems because of the similarity to the human digestive system.

"We don't want to get them drunk. The brandy is meant to prevent the poor things from catching a cold and moving around with running noses," said the zoo's director B Prabhakar.

This is the first time that serving alcohol to animals has been "officially sanctioned" by the zoo. However, zookeepers are said to have previously served liquor to the animals unofficially - one of the monkeys is said to have developed a whisky habit.



  • Monkeys to be served brandy to keep warm, Carrie McLaren, 12/07/2001

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