15 monkeys die, but why?

Npnews24 online: Heat stroke took life of several people and near around 15 monkeys died possibly in this in Joshi Baba forest range in Bagli, in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh.

Forest official of the area have even admitted that burning the decomposing carcasses of some monkeys fearing that they might have died of some infection.

“The bodies were decomposing; we have to take all precautions. We have burnt few carcasses,” said District Forest official, PN Mishra.

“The nearby water source is controlled by another group of monkeys that didn’t let this group of monkey’s access water, which might have resulted in their death, “said Mishra.

From past few days, “adequate arrangements of water are being made for the wild animals and the viscera of the dead monkeys have been sent to the laboratory for the examination.