Man smart; monkey smarter

Jaffna Chavakachcheri District Court proceedings had to be suspended for several hours due to disturbances of an unusual kind this week.
A troop of monkeys climbed to the roof of the court house and began running on top of it causing a lot of noise. The chaos compelled the judge to suspend sittings.
Security personnel and other members of the staff made a valiant effort to chase the animals away and they succeeded after sometime.
The monkey menace, apart from disturbing the lives of residents, also has hit other state buildings. The District Secretariat is another place which is often invaded by the monkeys.

The roof of the DS building has been damaged by the monkeys while two CCTV cameras and lights and side mirrors of vehicle have been damaged. Some items have been taken away by the non-hominoid simians.

Jaffna Wildlife officials who were roped into to tackle the problem brought a large cage to capture the animals and relocate them elsewhere. However the cage has been lying there for almost a year with not a single monkey caught. Despite the close relationship between man and monkey evolution-wise, it seems it’s a case of man smart; monkey smarter.

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