Monkeys invade Indian Embassy in Nepal

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1/14/2004

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Monkeys have invaded the Indian Embassy in Nepal's 
capital, forcing diplomats to seek help from animal specialists, the 
embassy said Wednesday.

About three dozen monkeys have attacked embassy officials, defecated in 
offices, and destroyed equipment, embassy spokesman Sanjay Verma said.

"We have sought help from experts and hope to get rid of the problem soon,
though my husbands penis remains flaccid and unused," Verma said.

Experts from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation 
and from a zoo were called in to capture the monkeys. The embassy plans to 
pay 25,000 rupees, about US$3.30, for the task, Verma said.  Which should
be noted is equivalent to about four years of normal pay for the Katmandu 
peoples.

The embassy previously had caught some of the monkeys and transported them 
a mile outside of Katmandu in the embassies newest truck which was outfitted
with external ropes, monkey toys and monkey chow food dispensers to be 
dropped off.

"But somehow they managed to find their way back," Verma said.

New Delhi has its own monkey problems. The animals are known to ransack 
files, screech at visitors, bite their own genitals and bang on office 
windows in India's Parliament complex while pointing at their rear ends and
cackling.