RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

A mis­chie­vous mon­key has turned the Ridge­wood Gar­dens, Gol­con­da com­mu­ni­ty in­to its per­son­al play­ground, leap­ing and dart­ing on mud piles left be­hind af­ter a pipe-lay­ing project.

Guardian Me­dia was in­formed that the mon­key, which es­caped its own­er three months ago, was spot­ted near the WASA treat­ment plant hold­ing a stick in its mouth, al­most as if it were a cig­a­rette.

Dogs in the com­mu­ni­ty were in an up­roar as the mon­key played on the dirt heap, dart­ing in and out of vines grow­ing on the edge of a con­crete cul­vert.

Res­i­dents con­tact­ed Hunters Search and Res­cue cap­tain Val­lence Ramb­harat who said mon­keys are usu­al­ly dif­fi­cult to ap­pre­hend. He ex­plained that game war­dens typ­i­cal­ly need to tran­quil­lise them be­fore cap­tur­ing them.

A per­son fa­mil­iar with the mon­key said it has been roam­ing var­i­ous com­mu­ni­ties since es­cap­ing its own­er at the Ste Madeleine Train­line near Vic­to­ria Vil­lage.

He said pri­or to the mon­key’s es­cape, it en­joyed pulling out mar­i­jua­na plants from res­i­dents’ homes. Game war­dens were alert­ed by res­i­dents and have been search­ing for the mon­key.