Injured monkey rescued after 3 hours

Injured monkey at Goodrej colony rescued after 3 hour long rescue operation

Pawan Sharma @ RAWW

pawan.resqink@gmai.com

With Inputs from Rushil Bhatt

Photo Credits : Debashish Majumdar

A speeding vehicle skipped the red signal and hit a monkey which was trying to cross the road leaving it critically wounded. A distress call was forwarded from our friends at Eco Echo after which a rescue team was sent for help.

Rescue team from RAWW (Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare) lead by GM Rushil Bhatt and rescue team members Niraj Bhanushali, Sanjay Makwana, Vivek Shetia and Hiren Chudasama soon reached the location to help the monkey in distress. Soon after reaching the spot and locating the injured animal it was found that rescuing the animal was a tough task as it was a full grown adult which was injured and aggressive.

The team soon made few strategies and attempted to catch the animal, but only after five failing attempts the team managed to safely rescue it. Soon an intimation was given to the forest department and the monkey was taken to Thane SPCA for its treatment. It is still recovering but has fractured one of its hand. It will now have to be shifted to some other place which has a larger enclosure for its recovery.

Our voices

Rushil Bhatt, General Manager at RAWW said,

"It is not an easy task to rescue monkeys, our city needs a proper monkey rescue team of the forest department as a priority. The callers told us that the forest department refused to send any help for the monkey which was disappointing".

The city needs a real rapid rescue team from the forest department which will actually rescue the wildlife in distress. All the cases which happen in the city are under the jurisdiction of the territorial wing of the forest department and it is found that maximum rescues are done and attended by the organizations working in the city.

Rushil Bhatt and Vivek Shetia with the rescued monkey at Thane SPCA