No more monkey business

Thai authorities plug primate problem plaguing many residents in cultural hub

Updated: 2024-12-02 12:12
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People carry fruit on train tracks to feed monkeys amid a local Monkey Festival, before officials began reining in the primates that were causing disturbances, in Lopburi, on Nov 26. CHALINEE THIRASUPA / REUTERS

"Their method is robbery — by all means," said Wisarut Somngam, a local researcher with NGO Ecoexist Society.

"They were ready to snatch anything off your hands, any bags they suspected that contained food or items like mobile phones."

Small children, elderly women and even policemen carried around slingshots to try and scare away the macaques.

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