Monkeys crossing police barricades in New Delhi, India. All photos: AFP
Monkeys in a market area in New Delhi, where authorities have long tried to find answers to the growing simian population.
The problem is not helped by locals throwing peanuts for the animals to eat.
The primates – which regularly attack people – feed on human rubbish or, as here, a discarded packet of potato crisps.
New Delhi in 2018 recorded 950 instances of people being bitten by monkeys.
At the heart of the urban monkey problem is the fact much of the primates' natural habitat has been destroyed, forcing them to forage for food in towns and cities.
A monkey tries to open a water bottle at a temple in New Delhi.
Monkeys on a street in New Delhi.
Monkeys crossing police barricades in New Delhi, India. All photos: AFP
Monkeys in a market area in New Delhi, where authorities have long tried to find answers to the growing simian population.
The problem is not helped by locals throwing peanuts for the animals to eat.
The primates – which regularly attack people – feed on human rubbish or, as here, a discarded packet of potato crisps.
New Delhi in 2018 recorded 950 instances of people being bitten by monkeys.
At the heart of the urban monkey problem is the fact much of the primates' natural habitat has been destroyed, forcing them to forage for food in towns and cities.
A monkey tries to open a water bottle at a temple in New Delhi.
