Animal Cruelty
By Guardian Exclusive
01 February 2018 |
2:40 pm
In yet another case of animal cruelty, an unidentified man killed a troop of monkeys days back in Delta State. In the video that has now gone viral, the maimed monkeys could be seen with blood stains, apparently from gunshots.
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