The macaques have injured almost 50 people in Yamaguchi.

The male primate was found in the grounds of a high school on Tuesday evening by specially commissioned hunters.

It was tranquilised and later put down when it was identified as one of the animals responsible for the attacks.

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Authorities have been hunting the monkeys since the attacks began on adults and children about three weeks ago. Most injuries have been mild scratches and bites.

Incidents are still being reported and the search continues for other members of the gang, an official at the local agricultural department told AFP.

“Eyewitnesses describe monkeys of different sizes, and even after the capture, we’ve been getting reports of new attacks,” he said.

The captured monkey was estimated to be four years old and was about half a metre tall (1ft 7in).

Japanese macaques are common in large parts of the country and in some areas are considered a pest, eating crops and sometimes entering homes.

However, the attacks in Yamaguchi are unusual.

A city official said before the capture that it was “rare to see this many attacks in a short period of time”.

“Initially, only children and women were attacked,” they said, adding: “Recently, elderly people and adult men have been targeted too.”

Earlier efforts to capture the animals with traps failed and police patrols set up in early July have been unsuccessful until now.

Reports include a four-year-old girl scratched after a monkey broke into her apartment and one animal entering a kindergarten classroom.

Once a vulnerable species, Japanese macaques have recently seen a population boom.

This has led to “serious conflicts” with people, according to research from Yamagata University. Changes in human behaviour and forest environments may be one cause.

The child was being breastfed by his mother when a troop of monkeys invaded their home in Mwamgongo village in Kigoma, near the Gombe Nation Park in western Tanzania.

It is not clear what species of monkey attacked the mother.

Kigoma Regional Commander James Manyama said the child had died after villagers tried to use force against the monkey to rescue the child.

Mr Manyama said the baby was injured on the head and neck, and later passed away as he was receiving treatment.

The police have urged citizens to continue to be vigilant.

The surgery was conducted by Dr Meyir Y. Ziekah, a veterinary doctor and manager of the Kumasi Zoo.

This was after the monkey had difficulty with natural delivery due to a very narrow birth canal.

According to Dr Ziekah, the one hour and 20 minutes surgery was “complex,” due to the lack of the necessary equipment and tools.

“She has been in labour for three days and we have been monitoring it. On the first day, we realised that the birth canal was quite small and the infant had a big head that couldn’t pass through the birth canal and the animal was getting weak so we took the decision,” Dr Ziekah narrated.

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Though the first-time mother and baby monkey were reported to be doing well at the Kumasi Zoo nursery, he said things took a different turn.

“When she recovered from the anesthesia, she was a bit aggressive towards the infant and separated from her. Later on, she accepted the infant but in the night she became aggressive again and later rejected her completely and unfortunately, we lost her,” he said.

The comic actor described the ‘One Corner’ hitmaker as a monkey he was petting on his laps.

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The incident happened on Thursday when a lab assistant working with the Covid-19 facility of the hospital was carrying blood samples due for testing, Dr Dheeraj Baliyan, medical superintendent of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College and Hospital, told CNN.

The monkeys attacked the lab assistant and stole the sample box with three samples, added Baliyan.

The head of the hospital, S.K. Garg, told a local newswire that the samples were blood samples, and not the swabs usually taken to test for Covid-19.

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Garg said that the samples belonged to people who had tested positive for Covid-19, but were taken as part of routine blood tests for the patients.

The monkeys climbed the trees with the samples and threw them after chewing the packets, Baliyan added.

The medical superintendent confirmed to CNN that no individual came into contact with the samples, and the hospital authorities have sanitized the area and disposed of the samples snatched by the monkeys.

The district administration has ordered an inquiry against the hospital authorities for alleged mishandling of the samples.

According to India’s health ministry, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country as of Friday stands at 165,799, including 4,706 deaths.

Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary is a unique sanctuary with over 700 monkeys and the only habitat for two different species of monkeys; Mona and Columbus. The two different species of monkeys are regarded as sacred and live in peace and in harmony with human beings.

According to history, the monkeys are able to determine when a prominent person will die. It is believed that when a group of black and white Columbus Monkeys make an unusual noise between 11: 00pm and 12 midnight, it is to announce the death of a fellow from the twin-village.

Founded in 1827 and located in the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region, the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary has its roots based on African tradition, culture and religion aimed at brotherhood and sincerity from man to animal.

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Speaking in an interview with AdomOnline.com, Enoch Twene, the Sanctuary guard disclosed that before the settlement of the people of Fiema, Nana Kwabena Amoah, a hunter of Boabeng found the Fetish priest ‘Dawuro’, in a mysterious place and under certain circumstances.

“The Fetish Daworo was surrounded by two Mona Monkeys ‘Kwakuo’ and Black and White Columbus monkeys ‘Efoo’ and when Nana Kwabena Amoah brought the Fetish Daworo to the village of Boabeng, the four monkeys followed suit,” he said.

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He added “when an oracle was consulted about the relationship between the fetish Daworo and the mysterious monkeys, the oracle declared that the monkeys were the children of the fetish Daworo and should not be killed or harmed because they were sacred.”

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A monkey, which dies either through accident or naturally, is wrapped in a calico and buried by the Fetish Priest of Daworo in coffin which is provided in the monkey cemetery where priests and priestesses of the town are buried.

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The derogatory term subjected the Black Stars player to public ridicule and social media trolling.

The woman at the centre of that controversy, more than a year after the public brouhaha, says the name “Monkey” was just a pet name for the player.

Amanda in late 2015 took the media by storm after she revealed in a leaked tape that she had bedded her husband’s teammate, Jordan Ayew, for four years prior to their marriage.

While passing disparaging comments about her husband – calling him ‘monkey’ – Amanda also said there was tension between the two players. She did not stop there, she eulogised Jordan’s sexual prowess and impressive girth.

The estranged wife of the Ghanaian footballer, speaking in an interview on GhOne revealed that the name ‘Monkey’ was not meant to be a pejorative term.

According to her, they both agreed on the name as Afriyie also called her “Kusie” (Rat).

Amanda revealed further that “I even used to call Ken [Kenpong] ‘Dzata’ (Lion) because he is very wild.”

Although they are no longer together, she warned other women to stay off her “Monkey”.

“We met on Skype, I just saw him standing there looking so tall, I was just looking at his six packs and his thighs and I was like Oh this guy! You are not going anywhere, you are mine… all the girls should know he is still mine forever,” she cautioned.

The youngster could not speak, behaved like an animal and ran on all fours. She ate food from the floor without using her hands, said doctors treating her.

The girl, believed to be aged between 10 and 12, was naked and looked very comfortable roaming with the primates when she was discovered by tree surgeons in the Katarniya Ghat forest range.

When they tried to rescue her, they were chased away by the monkeys before a policeman was later able to take her away despite being attacked himself by the animals.

He drove his patrol car at speed while the monkeys ran after the vehicle.

Police officer Dinesh Tripathi said: “When he called the girl, the monkeys attacked him but he was able to rescue the girl. He sped away with her in his police car while the monkeys gave chase.”

Dr D K Singh from Bahraich district hospital, said: “She was rescued and brought here. When she arrived here, her hair was dishevelled and she was not wearing any clothes.

“She was very thin and weak, and it seemed like she had not eaten for many days.

“Her behaviour was totally like an animal. The way she moved, even her eating habits were like that of an animal.

“She would throw food on the ground and eat it directly with her mouth, without lifting it with her hands. She used to move around using only her elbows and her knees.”

Doctors in Uttar Pradesh state have been treating her since she was discovered in January.

She has now started walking normally and eating with her hands.

She is still unable to talk, but understands whatever people tell her and also smiles, said a hospital spokesman.

Her story has similarities with Rudyard Kipling’s tale about a boy called Mowgli who was brought up by wolves.

Police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify the girl.

Officers are also attempting to find out how she got into the forest and who her parents are.

She will be sent to a home for juveniles until she is identified.

source: Sky News