As many as 28 monkeys were found dead, off the Guttigaru-Balpa Road, in Balpa Reserve Forest area, near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district, on Thursday, December 14.
As photo of the dead monkeys went viral on social media, a team of forest officials, including Sullia Assistant Conservator of Forest, Range Forest Officer and forest department veterinarian, rushed to the spot. They moved the dead monkeys to the forest department nursery in Yenekallu where the post mortem was done on Friday, December 15.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Conservator of Forests Anthony S. Mariyappa said kidney and other samples of the dead monkeys have been extracted. These samples were sent to Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Hebbal and to Forensic Science Laboratory, Madiwala, both in Bengaluru, to ascertain the cause of death.
