India plans reform school for monkeys

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Wild monkeys in India have grown so out of control that the state government is planning to build a school for rogue monkeys.

The problem of rogue monkeys is particularly severe in towns close to India's north-western border with Pakistan. Officials accuse them of a variety of bad behaviour from terrorising children, snatching food from people and destroying property… The proposed new monkey school will take in the "worst offenders" and put them through a crash course in good manners.

Indian school for rogue monkeys (via Monkeywire)

(Photo: Peter Garnham)