Monkeys blamed for hundreds of puppy deaths captured in India

Villagers claim animals were carrying out ‘revenge killings’ after dogs killed an infant monkey

Villagers in Lavool village, Maharastra, reported the animals to the forest department after the monkeys allegedly began harassing local children.

Two monkeys that allegedly killed hundreds of puppies in the Indian state of Maharastra have been captured.

Villagers in Lavool village, in the Beed district of Maharastra, reported the langur monkeys after they witnessed them engaging in what seemed to be targeted killings of the neighbourhood puppies by snatching them and taking them up to deadly heights.