Catching the prize ( Monkey business )
 

CCTV cameras set up to catch elusive Bukit Panjang monkey


Segar Road residents still worried




Alysha Chandra
May 02, 2017 06:00 am
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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.



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Really a monkey still cannot catch ? :D The MP better to resign .

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Segar Road's rogue monkey captured



Alysha Chandra


May 03, 2017 06:00 am
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After 15 days, the monkey that has been troubling Bukit Panjang residents was finally caught yesterday evening.

Holland-Bukit Timah MP Liang Eng Hwa told The New Paper last night: "The monkey was captured at Block 469, Segar Road, at around 6.45pm after being shot with a dart gun.

"I would like to thank the joint team from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) and Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), who have been on the ground daily.

"I would also like to thank the residents for their support. Some volunteers even offered up their homes for the AVA to set up traps in.

"...I am relieved that residents, especially those who have been bitten, no longer have to worry about monkey attacks."

The monkey has attacked more than 10 residents, and an elderly resident needed two surgical procedures after it bit him.

The monkey which has been attacking residents in Segar Road has been caught.

An AVA spokesman said in a Facebook post last night: "The monkey is in the care of WRS and will be subsequently handed over to Acres for rehabilitation."

Residents TNP spoke to were relieved.

Madam Saraswathy Sinndurai, a resident of Block 471, told TNP: "I was so nervous when AVA was trying to shoot the monkey.

"When it got shot down, I thought to myself 'am I dreaming?'"

The monkey had entered her home before, and she had to close all her windows to prevent it from entering again.


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Really take 2 weeks just to catch 1 monkey in a small area ? :rolleyes: Putting the residents there under undue stress .

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I wonder why it really take so log just to catch a monkey ?

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Sorry, what Monkey business had to do with Adult Discussion?

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Probably the residents at this place can't carry out their normal lives. Some may even want to go for massage . Some may even want go to geylang but afraid to go out because of this terror monkey .

You and I have come a long way with SBF. In the past, most threads are usually related to the theme of the forum. The standards are quite different these days.

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Yup. That was the time.
That is when there is even one Excel File containing over 100 local FL being shared and Yahoo group created.

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Thank you sirs for all your feedback. At least the feedback was done nicely . :)