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**Talking Monkey "Witch" Killed By South African Mob**
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[quote:TXGal4Truth:MV8xNTEzNzQzXzI0OTYwNDU3X0QyM0JGMTBD] They pelted the monkey with stones, and the monkey fled into a tree but was pulled down, put in a bucket and doused with gas. Kagiso resident Tebogo Moswetsi told the Star that he climbed the tree and grabbed the monkey. "I was curious to see this monkey that people claimed could talk, and when I saw a group of people chasing after it, I joined them," he said. "When it went up the tree, I climbed after it and brought it down because I was curious as I found it unbelievable that a monkey could talk. "I feel guilty. I shouldn't have taken it down from that tree. I dropped it down after someone poured petrol on it. I had no choice," Moswetsi said. "Someone struck a match. [The monkey] got out of the bucket and dropped down dead. They continued throwing stones at it." http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/south-africa/110601/south-africa-wildlife-animal-welfare-monkey-witch-burned [/quote]
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June 1, 2011 06:30
Animal welfare groups in South Africa have condemned the “barbaric” killing of a vervet monkey by a mob of township residents who said it was a talking witch.
The monkey was beaten, pelted with stones, shot at and then doused with gas and burned to death in Kagiso near Johannesburg, by residents chanting “Kill that witch!”, reports South Africa’s Star newspaper.
The vervet monkey had reportedly wandered into the township after becoming separated from its troop. Residents said the monkey had been going around Kagiso “talking to people,” and believed it was linked to witchcraft and would bring them bad luck.
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