On Monday evening, when Unnati Sinha, an alert citizen posted pictures of a monkey tied with a rope, struggling on the bonnet of a tourist car plying on the streets of Mumbai, it sparked outrage among netizens.
A day after a monkey tied to a car bonnet was spotted in the Chembur area of Mumbai, a letter was written to forest officials and the RTO by Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) to identify the culprit. The car reportedly belongs to a private tourist car service company and has been sent a notice to seek an explanation.
On Monday evening, when Unnati Sinha, an alert citizen posted pictures of a monkey tied with a rope, struggling on the bonnet of a tourist car plying on the streets of Mumbai, it sparked outrage among netizens. Unnati told DNA, “At 8 pm on February 13, I was near the Western Express Highway junction signal near Chembur, when a white car with a 'T' symbol on it stopped beside mine. I was stunned to see that a monkey was tied with a rope and was on the bonnet of the car. The monkey looked very scared, it could barely sit. The minute the car moved a little, it would lose its balance. I tried talking to the three men in the car, telling them to take the monkey inside, but they just laughed at me. I couldn't follow the car, but took down the car number and clicked pictures of them."
Santosh Kank, Range Forest Officer, Mumbai speaking about the incident said, "The car belongs to a private tourist company. The company has been sent a notice to explain as to why the monkey was tied on the moving car. The owner of the car will have to be present at our office within two days, else further action will be taken," According to The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, monkey s are protected species under Schedule II and under the IPC Sections 2, 8, 9, 11, 40, 41, 43, 48, 51, 61, and 62. According to these sections, a monkey cannot be owned, traded, bought, sold or hired out. Any violation of this law is liable to a three-year jail term or fine or both.
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