The first rescue and rehabilitation center for monkeys was launched in Telangana’s northern district of Nirmal

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Daily Current Affairs Article 22nd December 2020: The first rescue and rehabilitation center for monkeys was launched in Telangana’s northern district of Nirmal. The forest department has set up a campus in Chincholi village for housing up to 200 monkeys for a period of 10 to 15 days, after which they will be released in forest areas.

Monkeys that venture into human habitations would be caught in a phased manner, brought to the centre where they would be operated on for birth control and would be released into the forests again after the rehabilitation period.

To make the rehabilitation centre a sustainable habitat for the primates, several fruit and flowering plants, a variety of trees that provide shade, and medicinal plants would be grown.

It is the second such facility for the primates in the country. The rehabilitation centre for the monkeys was also the first such facility in south India.

The other facility in the country was in Himachal Pradesh.