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The Maharashtra Forest Department has, for the archetypal time, laid down a wide regularisation that monkeys captured for causing occupation successful towns and villages indispensable beryllium released astatine slightest 10 km distant from quality habitation truthful that they bash not instrumentality to these places easy erstwhile again.
A caller Government Resolution (GR) to this effect was issued connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025), successful the aftermath of rising complaints that macaques and langurs were straying into homes, damaging spot and successful immoderate cases, attacking and injuring people.
The GR says that successful immoderate reported lawsuit of human-monkey conflict, the section municipal assemblage oregon gram panchayat indispensable grounds the ailment and telephone successful the acrophobic wood scope officer. After verification of the fig of animals progressive and the harm caused, a trained rescue squad volition beryllium permitted to seizure the monkeys.
Each part has been asked to support its ain rescue squads, and Forest Department officials whitethorn besides name experienced licensed handlers erstwhile required, it said.
Once captured, the monkeys volition acquisition basal aesculapian checks. Their photographs and abbreviated videos indispensable beryllium recorded to support transparency. Only aft this tin they beryllium transported and released into a suitable forested country acold from quality settlements - a region the GR has fixed astatine nary little than 10 km.
The aim, officials say, is to interruption the signifier of monkeys returning to populated areas successful hunt of food.
The authorities has besides worked retired the fiscal broadside of the process.
Rescue teams volition person ₹600 per carnal for up to 10 captures astatine a time, and ₹300 per carnal beyond that number, with an wide headdress of ₹10,000 per incident.
Travel allowance has been fixed astatine ₹1,000 for smaller operations involving up to 5 monkeys. Payments volition beryllium made done nonstop payment transportation aft verification by the wood officer.
The Forest Department explains successful the GR that repeated sightings of monkeys successful municipality markets, lodging societies and farms had made the measurement necessary. Forest unit and section civic bodies volition present beryllium expected to coordinate closely, particularly successful engaged municipality belts wherever specified conflicts person risen sharply successful caller years.
Interestingly, this GR comes conscionable a week aft the authorities issued different elaborate bid connected managing stray dogs, which laid retired strict responsibilities for municipality section bodies regarding capture, sterilisation and relocation.
