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Police are investigating a case of animal cruelty following the deaths of two vervet monkeys that were killed after they were allegedly bashed in the head with a spade at an old age home near Howick, KZN.According to a statement given to the uMngeni SPCA, the groundsman said the monkeys – an adult and an infant – had injured themselves while running into the wooden slates of the chicken coop.
In a graphic photo shared with The Witness, a man is pictured holding the injured monkeys up by their tails. “I could see that they had taken a knock to their heads and had blood running from their noses,” the eyewitness said. It was the eyewitness who took blankets and sheets to cover the monkeys before loading them into their vehicle and taking them to the uMngeni Veterinary Clinic. On the drive, the eyewitness said they could hear the laboured breaths of the adult vervet.
uMngeni SPCA’s operations manager Kevin Khumalo confirmed that a criminal case has been opened against the ‘spade-wielding’ perpetrator.
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