![]() ![]() We don’t know what effect it may have on the animal population. Immunocontraceptive vaccine is also off the table for now. “There was no discussion on sterilisation to control the monkey population. The decisions were taken last week at a meeting of the Enforcement Committee set up by the Delhi High Court to deal with the monkey problem in the national capital. However, the department is preparing a proposal to conduct a monkey census with the help of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and train monkey catchers, employed by civic bodies, at the Dehradun facility. The plan to use an immunocontraceptive vaccine, which can make monkeys sterile, is also off the table for now, they said. New Delhi: Three years after it was initiated, the Delhi Forest and Wildlife Department has dropped the plan to control the surging monkey population in the capital through laparoscopic sterilisation, according to officials. ![]()
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