Uttar Pradesh: Alcoholic Monkey Who Bit 250 People, Now Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In Kanpur Zoo

Alcohol addict monkey who bit 250 people in Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh, sentenced to life term in Kanpur zoo.

New Delhi: An alcoholic monkey ‘Kalua’ who bit over 250 people in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Yes, you heard it right. The monkey’s biting spree was a result of alcohol withdrawal and out of the 250 people he bit, one person died. The monkey is in captivity and will remain so in the Kanpur Zoo.  The monkey ‘Kalua’ is a native of Mirzapur and was a pet of a local occultist who would regularly give the monkey alcohol. It seems over the years he developed quite the taste for liquor. The occultist’s demise left the now-alcoholic monkey without anyone to give him some liquor which resulted in aggressive behaviour. He has then gone into a biting spree, which forced locals to call the zoo authorities. According to an IANS report, the monkey was captured by the zoo and forest teams with great difficulty and was brought to the Kanpur zoo. The zoo doctor Mohammed Nasir said, "We kept him in isolation for some months and then shifted him to a separate cage. There has been no change in his behaviour and he remains as aggressive as he was. It has been three years since he was brought here, but now it has been decided that he will remain in captivity all his life.” The alcoholic primate is six years old and hasn’t even befriended his cage keeper. According to the zoo authorities, ff set free, Kalua will most likely resort to his old ways of harming people which is why it's best he stays in the zoo.