Baby Monkey survives electrocution. Mount Abu.

Miracles do happen baby monkey survives high tension jolt.

Electrocuted by high-tension voltage wires on the pole

It was a little after 4 p.m. this evening when I heard a loud boom from the high-tension wires that passed by our house. My first thought was gosh. “Lights Have gone”, I asked Liz if they had gone she replied Nope. I assumed that some large bird had been electrocuted On looking towards the road I saw monkeys on the little hillock and they seemed agitated. Harry had just landed up at that moment I requested him to have a look if an unfortunate monkey had been a victim of the unguarded high-tension wires near the poles. Previously I had witnessed two Palm Civet cats being electrocuted in the same place. 

When Harry went to have a look, he was almost attacked by the alpha male and a female monkey. He managed to shoo them away and after a short while saw a diminutive monkey lying in the grass by the side of the stream.

The troupe of monkeys waiting in anticipation.

Apprehensive 

The mother monkey sitting guard 

When I had gone to see and snap the fallen monkey, the monkeys all moved down and if they had not been threatened by Harry would have probably attacked us.

I next phoned our PFA person and requested that someone be sent to the location to recover the fallen baby monkey. 

At around 5 pm Harry noticed movement from the little guy by the side of the stream. My neighbour Bheru had also landed up and he phoned the compounder of the veterinarian department to come and take the little guy to the hospital. At around 4:45 pm when Bheru saw the little fellow dragging himself towards the water of the stream, he jumped down the embankment lifted the little guy and placed him on the rock.

None of us had expected him to survive 

After about 10 minutes I suddenly saw the little bloke sit up 

Wow, some miracle.

Kaizad from the PFA had landed and had sent his man to get the Baby monkey to 

Take it to the vet.

As soon as the little fellow was placed in the van, the mother monkey came running to claim her baby. They put him down on the road, and she immediately picked him up and took off with the rest of the monkeys. Hope he survives. 




 

Mount Abu an Update

Mount Abu an Update.A Horses Tale.

The Burning ghats of this area

We noticed two men trying to ride a horse up the steep steps going to the blazing Ghats of this location around 9 a.m.

The horse fell down these steps twice and somersaulted into the bushes below. It battled to its current position from there. Amit, an Abu vet, arrived to view the horse and informed the owners that the horse had a brain bleed. His compounders injected the horse with medication and then departed. The owner and a couple of his guests lingered for a while, perhaps waiting for the horse to get up and walk.

The Horse

Liz was seeing the animal suffer; she couldn't handle the sight. She called Kaizad, the guy in charge of the PFA, and asked him to look into the problem; he stated he couldn't do anything until the owner himself came forward and asked for his help. She immediately called the vet and asked him to put the suffering horse to sleep. He also stated that his hands were bound and that he couldn't do anything till the owner called him. She called Kaizad once again. He countered that the only thing he could do was notify the SDM Mount Abu, to which she answered, "Please do?" The clock has struck nine o'clock.

The horse is in horrible shape; one of its eyeballs has come out of its socket, and it occasionally goes into a severe spasm. I took a little video and will share it as soon as I upload it to my account.

The eyeball is under its head.

P.S.

The horse had to have died early in the morning. The jungle crows' "Kowws" at the crack of dawn, expressing the mood for an early breakfast, could be plainly heard. Fortunately, there aren't many jackals and hyenas in this region, or they'd have had a big feast during the night. The once-abundant vultures have vanished from this area. 

The municipal JVC arrived at 9 a.m. to transport the carcass to the landfills.

New Year New Horizons Mt.Abu 2012

I was looking forward to a brighter and a more realistic Abu in the year 2012. But my small stint around town these last 2 days has left me feeling miserable. Day before yesterday I had to spend an enormous time in line waiting to present myself before the camera and having myself fingerprinted, so that I could get my Unique Identification Card. Even after going thoroughly through all my documents, I found that a mistake had been made in the spelling of my surname.  On receiving my acknowledgement/resident copy the next day, I asked them to correct the mistake. I was told that it could not be done as the booth where I had my snap taken the operator had buzzed off on leave. Now after receiving my card I would have to re-apply for a fresh card so that the correction could be made .AHMEN!!

Horse Left to die on the main road (post office road.)

Today I clicked this horse lying at the side of the road. This horse has been lying in this position for the last three days, gosh can you imagine the plight of this poor animal in night temperature hovering a little below Zero, no water to quench its thirst. Looks like the owner and our local authorities have abandoned the plight of this horse. When Liz saw the photograph and heard of the plight of this animal she immediately phoned the head of P.F.A (people for animals) to do something about the situation. I only hope something is done about it by tomorrow as by Jove the wheel of these departments seem to get rusted when it comes to taking swift action when it’s needed.

Enough of ranting let’s see the brighter side of “The Abode of God’s” Enjoy the few snaps I took today

A sight for sore eyes "Green waters of the Lake"

Adding to the pollution of the lake

Stock and cormorants 

Basking in the sun 

Grey headed Shrike 

A handsome Mutt 

Indian Robin female 

Mongoose

Cry of the wild

Watching the world go by 

White breasted kingfisher  

White breasted water hen

Brahmani Myna

The Barren Mount Abu Nursery

Pathetic state Abu Nursery
Kaka at the nursery

The Barren Green House

The Forest Nursery

Today I headed straight for the nursery with my camera; I wanted to know what had become of the unfortunate monkey. Kaka Greeted me and told me the monkey not only regained his strength but was bold enough to face the dogs, and that it had made off into the woods. I’m sure those were only words of solace uttered for my concern and my apprehension. I asked him if any of the PFA people dropped in to my SOS to them. He just smiled and replied in a depressing manner that here only the law of the jungle applied and no PFA or other organization cared too hoots for the welfare of the wild animals as a whole.
I do not want to drift into shameful sarcasm, and glorify the old days at the expense of the new. Drought conditions over a period of many years could be the reason for the forlorn look of this once flourishing nursery. With rising costs and poor salaries it’s any wonder no one wants to be part and parcel of this place. The Adage Keep ‘ABU GREEN N CLEAN’ here reflects the reverse ‘DRY N BARE’ is the order of the day.