At a time when people are abandoning their pets and stray animals are struggling to find food during the lockdown, some people are doing their bit to help.?
In one such instance, a video showing a police officer feeding a handicapped monkey has moved many. The footage shows the monkey with no arms sitting patiently next to the cop, waiting for the next bite.?
Posted on Twitter, the video shows an officer sitting outside a police station. He can be seen wearing a mask and he uses one hand to hold his phone as he talks to someone and with his other hand he holds up a peeled banana for the monkey to eat.
"Police officer feeding an amputee monkey," wrote Twitter user Khusbhoo Soni while sharing the video this morning.?
In a similar gesture,?Delhi Police SHO and his team are feeding hungry birds and monkeys in the city, besides their regular duties amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.
It's been more than a week since Kalkaji SHO Sandeep Ghai and his men started feeding the birds and monkeys at Anand Mai Marg and Kabootar Chowk near tony C R Park at around 7 am daily, a senior police official said.?
"Since people were not able to venture out due to lockdown, many good Samaritans who used to often feed birds and animals could not continue.?So we noticed hungry monkeys venturing into residential colonies in search of food," he said
The policemen buy bananas, gud and chana and feed around 400-500 monkeys, 50-70 cows and other animals on Anandmai Marg and Ravi Daas Marg daily, the official told PTI.?