Pet monkey shot dead after biting girl

ALOR SETAR: A male monkey that bit a six-year-old girl, injuring her right calf, has been shot dead.

Kedah Wildlife and National Park Department director Moha­mad Hafid Rohani said the three-year-old monkey, of the Macaca Nemestrina species, was shot yesterday morning with the assistance of the villagers of Kampung Paya Mengkuang, Pendang.