Tongaat resident Charles Munsamy writes:
I have yet another atrocity to report – an alpha male vervet monkey with three human-inflicted injuries.
One wound appears to be an injury caused by a panga or slasher strike, another a penetration with a sharp instrument or an air gun using specialised lethal pellets, and the other is obscured laterally.
Its slow, laboured and sluggish movements suggests an injury to the spine and/or internal organ.
As a deterrent the Firearm Control Act 60 of 2000 should be amended to make it compulsory for companies dealing with pellet/gas guns to keep a register of sales and the full identities of purchasers.
The injured monkey was spotted on Friday afternoon at Patakh Centre on Gopalall Hurbans (main) Road in Tongaat.
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