About Animal Rights
Animal rights is the idea in which some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own existence and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.
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G20: Delhi tries to scare monkeys away from summit
Authorities in India's capital, Delhi, are Taking Steps to scare away monkeys from venues linked to the G20 summit.
Life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys have been put up at various places and there are plans to deploy people trained to mimic The Animal 's sounds.
Delhi has a huge monkey population and authorities hope these steps will keep the simians from disrupting The Summit .
India will host the G20 summit on 9 and 10 September.
Langurs are an aggressive type of monkey with long tails and dark faces. They are controlled on leads by specially trained handlers, who release them once other monkeys are seen.
A senior official told PTI news agency that langur cut-outs were being placed in areas heavily infested with monkeys.
Satish Upadhyay said that 30-40 trained people who can mimic sounds made by langurs will be deployed at hotels where delegates are set to stay, as well as in places where monkey sightings are reported.
Authorities are also making arrangements to provide food for monkeys in designated sites, aiming to discourage them from lingering In Search of food.
On previous occasions too, authorities in Delhi have tried to scare away monkeys with The Help of langurs or people who can mimic them.
In 2014, authorities hired 40 professional langur impersonators to scare away monkeys from The Parliament and other government buildings in the capital.
Parliament authorities had earlier used real langurs for the same but The Practice had to be stopped after Animal Rights activists opposed it saying that holding monkeys captive amounted to cruelty.
During the 2010 Commonweath Games held in Delhi, authorities hired 38 langur monkeys to prevent monkeys from frequenting sporting venues and attacking athletes.
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