Monkey revenge? dogs attack at their peril

Two monkeys have been blamed for hundreds of puppy deaths and have now been captured. There was an incident where a group of dogs caught and killed a monkey, last year so it is thought that these monkeys have been on a revenge trip.

Langur monkey carrying a dog, likely to its death

Now, firstly, this should permanently do away with any idea that humans are the only group who grieve, or scheme or carry out plans over a few months. The two Langurs were reported after they were watched targeting dogs, carrying them to significant height and then dropping them. It is thought that 250 dogs have been killed in this way, over the last few months. Other puppies were abandoned at height to start or die of thirst.

Two monkeys, thought to be the culprits, have been caught and translocated, and this appears to have worked

Deforestation particularly in protected reserves has happened at an increasing rate in the democratic Republic of Congo

Unfortunately deforestation in the largest remaining African rainforest seems to be going on more and more. Unfortunately not only is this happening in general, at a large quantity of this over the last two decades has also occurred within protected areas.

If this happens across the DRC, there will be many problems particularly as the amount of carbon dioxide released would largely lock in in an unacceptably large amount of temperature rise. However in the natural world, it would also severely damaged the long-term future of gorillas chimps and the last of the bonobos.

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