appConfigEntityId

bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

isVideo

articlePageQuery

article

articleSchemaContent

content

hooksArticlePageAdvertisementConfigArticle

hooksArticlePageFloatingButtonConfigArticle

appConfig

filter

json

liveArticle

Bangkok Post

By Apinya Wipatayotin
Thailand’ Phuket province will hold a public meeting next month to come up with ways to deal with a growing monkey population that has become menace to residents and tourists.
The meeting will be open to residents, representatives from the tourist industry, provincial officials and animal lovers to exchange ideas and propose solutions, said a source from the provincial panel set up to deal with the problem.
Horde of hungry monkeys plundering Thai villages and temple
The province has been facing a growing monkey population despite attempts — including sterilisation — by authorities to contain their numbers.
“If people think that sterilisation is enough, we will continue that course of action,” said the source. “But if they agree to relocate them to other islands, we will do it.”
Relocation to unpopulated islands is among the options the panel is weighing up. It has already looked at five locations — Koh Ngam, Koh Payu, Koh Tanan, Koh Pae and Koh Malee.
These islands have enough natural food and freshwater resources to sustain the animals and ensure their survival, the source said.
If the relocation proposal gets the nod at the public hearing next month, the monkeys will be neutered before being moved, the source added.
The growing monkey population has become a problem for Phuket since 2015, partly because of people feeding them.
Meet ‘Uncle Fat’, the chunky monkey now on a crash diet after gorging on junk food
The monkeys have reportedly become more aggressive by stealing food, snatching tourists’ belongings and in residential areas, breaking into houses and damaging property and belongings.
Areas in the province that are heavily populated by monkeys included Khao Rang, Bang Rong Pier, Soi Tachin, King Kaew Soi 9, Ban Yamu and Koh Sireh.
It is estimated that there are over 1,000 monkeys living in Phuket, most of them long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques.
Read the original article at Bangkok Post


Hong Kong secures expanded equal treatment and investment guarantees across Asean

What Hong Kong cinema can take away from a popular Chinese war film

Customs seizes record HK$125 million worth of marijuana shipped by sea, arresting 3

Saudi oil pipeline closure puts Asia’s economic resilience to the test

Thailand

Public to decide the fate of trouble-making monkeys in Thailand

Many of the estimated 1,000 monkeys are tourist-friendly but management of the park on Monkey Hill have banned visitors from feeding them. Photo: Bangkok Post

Dozens of Monkeys Descend on Tsz Wan Shan Primary School

Wild monkeys often harass hikers in the Kam Shan area. Photo: May Tse/SCMP

Female monkeys are having sexual interactions with deer in Japan and scientists are intrigued

Scientists found that the interactions, documented in the Meiji Memorial Forest of Minoo Quasi-National Park on the outskirts of the city of Minoo in central Japan, are ‘sexual in nature’ – at least for the monkeys

Scientists found that interactions between female macaques and sika deer, documented in the Meiji Memorial Forest of Minoo Quasi-National Park on the outskirts of the city of Minoo in central Japan, are “sexual in nature” – at least for the monkeys. Photo: YouTube

News

Asia

Southeast Asia

Relocating the animals to unpopulated islands is among the options being considered


Public to decide the fate of trouble-making monkeys in Thailand

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Relocating the animals to unpopulated islands is among the options being considered

Relocating the animals to unpopulated islands is among the options being considered