MCD Monkey Catcher Stocking and Transporting Monkeys

Monkeys stocked by the monkey catcher Nand Lal
employed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
(Town Hall) in a park also used for dumping garbage



The monkey catcher's habitation in a corner of the park



Cages containing monkeys caught by Nand Lal


Monkey stuffed into a single cage



This cage is partitioned into 2 parts - The cage on the left has
five monkeys. A monkey bleeding from the ear seen in the
foreground on the left.



Nand Lal measuring the cage


The cage measures 2ft x ft 4 Inches by 2 Ft x 4 Inches



The cage measures 2ft x ft 4 Inches by 2 Ft x 4 Inches



The cage measures 2ft x ft 4 Inches by 2 Ft x 4 Inches



The cage measures 2ft x ft 4 Inches by 2 Ft x 4 Inches




A wooden box. used for stocking & transporting monkeys from
this park to the Rajokri Transit Monkey Shelter under the
administration of the Conservator of Forests,
(Ministry of Environment and Forests).
This box measures 2 ft X 1 inch X 2 ft 1 Inch X 2 ft 1 inch.



The monkeys are transferred from the wire mesh cage to the wooden box.



How the monkeys are transferred from the wire mesh
cage to the wooden box: the monkeys are prodded with
sticks and iron rods by the monkey catchers to make them move.


The MCD monkey catcher prodding the monkey with sticks


An MCD employee watching the monkey catcher
prodding and poking the monkeys


The box is carried from the park to the waiting MCD Jeep.


It is loaded into the back of the jeep.


An MCD jeep used for transporting the monkeys to
the Rajokri Transit Monkey Shelter.



An MCD employee accompanies the monkeys and another
drives the jeep with the wooden box with monkeys to the
Rajokri Transit Monkey Shelter.