Monkeys, elephants and dogs 埋め立てる India's streets in ウイルス lockdown

Stray dogs in Kolkata usually rely on scraps and refuse for food but are going hungry during the coronavirus lockdown

逸脱する dogs in Kolkata usually rely on 捨てるs and 辞退する for food but are going hungry during the coronavirus lockdown

Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's 大統領の palace, 主要な an animal 不快な/攻撃 taking advantage of 砂漠d streets as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown.

With India's 1.3 billion 全住民 and tens of millions of cars 目だつ by their absence, 逸脱する 国内の animals and 野性生物 has moved to fill the 無効の, while also 苦しむing from the pandemic fallout.

In the 財政上の 資本/首都 Mumbai, peacocks have been seen perched on 最高の,を越す of parked cars, 陳列する,発揮するing their みごたえのある trains.

In Delhi, 軍隊/機動隊s of monkeys now scamper over the 塀で囲むs of the Rashtrapati Bhawan 大統領の 構内/化合物, past 軍の guards and into the grounds of 省s and other 公式の/役人 buildings.

"They are stealing a lot more, but not yet 脅すing humans," said one officer on 義務 at the palace 入り口.

A herd of horses seen on a deserted road in a residential area of Srinagar, in Kashmir

A herd of horses seen on a 砂漠d road in a 居住の area of Srinagar, in Kashmir

The Rhesus macaque monkeys -- who often snatch food from shoppers' 捕らえる、獲得するs -- have long been a problem in the 資本/首都, but there have been 報告(する)/憶測s of some getting into office buildings during the lockdown.

Other animals have also been emboldened by the coronavirus 制限s on humans, who are only 許すd out for food and 必須の items.

A Himalayan 黒人/ボイコット 耐える last week wandered into Gangtok, 資本/首都 of the northeastern 明言する/公表する of Sikkim, entering a telecoms office and 負傷させるing an engineer, マスコミ 報告(する)/憶測d.

- Hungry 逸脱するs -

Indian Forest Service officers, 一方/合間, have 株d ビデオs on social マスコミ of elephants trundling past shuttered shops along 砂漠d streets.

But the lockdown has also been deadly for some animals.

Monkeys have been seen entering government buildings in search of food during the virus lockdown

Monkeys have been seen entering 政府 buildings in search of food during the ウイルス lockdown

Four horses 普通は 雇うd for tourist carriage rides 近づく Kolkata's 目印 Victoria 記念の have died from 餓死 in 最近の days, animal 権利s 行動主義者s said.

Some 115 horses, which make their living pulling carriages bedecked with flowers and balloons, were left to fend for themselves after the 政府 ordered the shutdown, Sushmita Roy, spokeswoman for the Love and Care for Animals group told AFP.

"They are becoming sick. We 恐れる many more will die in coming days if they do not get food," she said.

The owners of the carriages say they have no money for the horses after 存在 ordered off the streets.

"We are finding it difficult to 料金d our family. How can we 料金d our horses?" said one owner, Sunny.

Monkeys scramble for food from a lone motorist in Ahmedabad, India

Monkeys 緊急発進する for food from a 孤独な 運転者 in Ahmedabad, India

India's army of 逸脱する cows and dogs have also 設立する new freedom to take over city 交差点s and for age in waste 貯蔵所s, but even those 捨てるs have disappeared as restaurants and shops have の近くにd.

Aditi Badam of the Posh 創立/基礎 in Noida, outside Delhi, said 避難所s like his were struggling to 料金d its animals and other 逸脱するs during the lockdown.

Her 創立/基礎 has been receiving 増加するing numbers of calls about abandoned dogs and pets, which he said had become a "major 問題/発行する".

"It getting tougher day by day here," Badam told AFP, 追加するing that 逸脱するs 近づく the office 封鎖するs of 多国籍の companies and outsourcing 会社/堅いs in the city were 餓死するing as all had の近くにd 負かす/撃墜する.

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