Commonwealth Games athletes to be protected by trained monkey guards

It’s the paragraph that no athlete wants to read as he prepares to unpack in a strange country: Heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding near the Games Village causing many snakes to seek refuge. Apparently the Commonwealth Games is being overrun by deadly poisonous snakes, plus wild dogs and, of course, Jehovah’s Witnesses. The solution? Dehli organizers have employed a small army of security monkeys to patrol the Village. Sounds reasonable to me. Excuse me sir, is that a banana? I’m going to have to confiscate that. Have any peanuts to declare?
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The London Daily Telegraph:

Trained langur monkeys are being deployed by organisers of the Commonwealth Games to prevent wild animals infesting sporting venues in Delhi.

The highly intelligent primates have been patrolling stadiums and accommodation blocks to scare off other wildlife including wild monkeys, dogs and even snakes.

Personally I was hoping for a Elite Mongoose SWAT Unit, to be deployed against cobras.
The Commonwealth Games have been a PR disaster so far, with reports of unstable venue construction, crime and bad weather forcing many athletes — including Usain Bolt — to cancel their plans to compete. But that was before they brought in deputized monkeys.
Oh, don’t believe in monkey guards, eh? Well, if some great maniac comes at you with a banana, don’t come crying to me. #montypython

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Trained monkeys guard athletes at Commonwealth Games [London Daily Telegraph]