India, March 20 -- A victim of an apparent poaching attempt, or an attack to prevent it from entering certain areas, a monkey was found struck by a steel arrow on Friday morning near the Yeoor range of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Thane, Maharashtra.

The NGO Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) rescued the injured monkey. Pawan Sharma of RAWW said that the monkey has undergone a surgery by veterinarian Priti Sathe and remains in a critical condition.

SGNP deputy conservator Pradeep Patil said the monkey was now with the NGO, and the territory range forest officer Narendra Muthe is looking in the matter.

Environmentalists told HT the type of arrow makes it evident that it was likely fired by a professional archer usi...