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Child-lifting simian trapped
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune/Child-lifting_simian_trapped/articleshow/2607907.cms
9 Dec 2007

PUNE: The residents of Padvi village, about 78 km away from here, can
breathe a sigh of relief now. A 'monkey' threat to their kids has come
to an end thanks to employees of the animal orphanage in the Rajiv
Gandhi zoological park here.

According to the villagers, the monkey was lifting small children only
to keep them on trees without doing any harm. "About six months ago
villages spotted two male and female monkeys. They were treated as
gods and provided with food regularly. However, things changed after
the male monkey started lifting small children and keep them on
trees," orphanage director Neelamkumar Khaire told TOI on Saturday.

Three children were lifted by the monkey three months ago. Villagers
informed the forest department, which approached the orphanage.
"According to the villagers, the monkey never injured any child, but
only kept them with itself. After frequent incidents, fear had gripped
the villagers," Khaire said.

On Friday, "we kept a puppy under the tree on which the monkey was
usually seen. Within a few minutes, it came down to lift the puppy and
we shot a tranquilliser at him."