Three baby monkeys born into a dangerous nest of electrical wiring were rescued yesterday and nursed to health by a vet, warming many a heart in the process.
There was no bigger news out of “Monkey City” in Lopburi province Tuesday than the rescue of the simian siblings, who still had their umbilical cords and were evidently abandoned by their mother in a tangle of overhead electrical lines.
Somkuan Sila, who has a nearby noodle shop, and Phuttiseth Chaipuwarat, the owner of Prasert Barber, were the first to notice the newborn triplets and alerted others to their plight. Two women arrived to extricate them from a shocking death.
That rescue effort appeared to consist of knocking them down from the awning with a long stick into a plastic basket.
Somkuan said he noticed the babies Tuesday morning when he was about to open his noodle shop. As he walked across the…
