The Congress party in its manifesto for the Uttrakhand state assembly elections, cleared by the central panel led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday, promises to save people from simian terror if re-elected.

St. James Davis, who was nearly killed in March 2005 when he was attacked by two other chimps when he went to visit his pet, Moe, on the chimp’s 39th birthday at a Kern County facility, and his wife La Donna, will also get about $300 per month to house the chimp, according to published and broadcast reports.