SINGAPORE - A monkey sustained injuries at MacRitchie Reservoir when it got snagged by a big fishing hook yesterday afternoon (Aug 25).A reader alerted citizen journalist website Stomp to the incident. According to the reader, an angler was fishing at a no-fishing zone when his hook caught the monkey.An animal welfare group managed to track down the animal and brought it in for treatment.According to Stomp, the monkey had a punctured chest, and sustained injuries to its fingers. The monkey also suffered a miscarraige from this accident.The National Parks Board and Public Utilities Board have been alerted to the case.<div class="embed">[[nid:219047]]</div>debwong@sph.com.sg

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SINGAPORE - A monkey sustained injuries at MacRitchie Reservoir when it got snagged by a big fishing hook yesterday afternoon (Aug 25). A reader alerted citizen journalist website Stomp to the incident. According to the reader, an angler was fishing at a no-fishing zone when his hook caught the monkey. An animal welfare group managed to track down the animal...

Monkey suffers serious injuries from big fishing hook