Monkeys fed red wine as flu remedy

Monkeys are being given wine as a remedy against flu at a zoo in central Kazakhstan as a remedy against flu.

Monkeys are being given wine as a remedy against flu at a zoo in Kazakhstan.

The primates are being given a concoction - which contains red wine diluted with hot water and mixed with sugar and fruit - as a means of ''relaxing'' the animals.

Karaganda Zoo chief animal specialist Svetlana Pilyuk said it was ''normal practice'' to give the monkeys such a remedy in zoos.

She said: ''We give the monkeys wine because in the winter it protects them from respiratory infections.