skyleon
02-05-2017, 09:45 AM
CCTV cameras set up to catch elusive Bukit Panjang monkey
Segar Road residents still worried
Alysha Chandra
May 02, 2017 06:00 am
After 14 days of not being able to catch an aggressive monkey around Segar Road, the authorities have turned to installing surveillance cameras to monitor its movements.
A spokesman for the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) told The New Paper last Friday that five cameras were deployed last week at the Housing Board estate in Bukit Panjang and nearby Zhenghua Park.
The spokesman said the cameras will give the AVA a better understanding of the monkey's movements, allowing for more targeted operations.
"Depending on the situation and the behaviour of the monkey, we will modify our operations accordingly."
For the last few months, residents in Segar Road have been attacked by a monkey. The AVA had said it received about 160 reports of monkey attacks and nuisance in the area since last October. It caught one monkey in November, but the attacks since then have been caused by another monkey.
A joint team made up of personnel from the AVA, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society and Wildlife Reserves Singapore have been on the ground daily since April 17, trying to nab the monkey by deploying traps and using tranquiliser darts.
continue reading here : http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/cameras-set-catch-elusive-monkey
Really a monkey still cannot catch ? :D The MP better to resign .
Segar Road residents still worried
Alysha Chandra
May 02, 2017 06:00 am
After 14 days of not being able to catch an aggressive monkey around Segar Road, the authorities have turned to installing surveillance cameras to monitor its movements.
A spokesman for the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) told The New Paper last Friday that five cameras were deployed last week at the Housing Board estate in Bukit Panjang and nearby Zhenghua Park.
The spokesman said the cameras will give the AVA a better understanding of the monkey's movements, allowing for more targeted operations.
"Depending on the situation and the behaviour of the monkey, we will modify our operations accordingly."
For the last few months, residents in Segar Road have been attacked by a monkey. The AVA had said it received about 160 reports of monkey attacks and nuisance in the area since last October. It caught one monkey in November, but the attacks since then have been caused by another monkey.
A joint team made up of personnel from the AVA, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society and Wildlife Reserves Singapore have been on the ground daily since April 17, trying to nab the monkey by deploying traps and using tranquiliser darts.
continue reading here : http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/cameras-set-catch-elusive-monkey
Really a monkey still cannot catch ? :D The MP better to resign .