Whenever a city in the world is suffering from the terror of any animal, then those animals are driven away from the city or the problem is solved by killing them. But the situation is different in a city of Thailand. Here the Macaque species of monkeys is terrorizing a lot. The government has adopted a new strategy to control the number of monkeys living on the streets. But the special thing is that they will not be killed, rather a plan has been made to sterilize them.
Lopburi in Thailand is famous for its resident macaque monkeys and is known as the Monkey City. But in April the government announced a three-step pacification plan to capture, sterilise and rehome most of them.
Officials say they are increasing efforts to neuter or spay monkeys as violence against city residents increases. About 2,600 monkeys have been neutered in the past 10 years to reduce their growing numbers.
The terror of monkeys has reached a very widespread level in Lopburi city. (Symbolic picture: Canva)
The town, about 100 miles north of Bangkok, had become a major attraction for curious tourists, but as the number of monkeys grew, long-suffering locals became fed up. A police “monkey unit” has trapped about 1,200 monkeys and used tropical fruit to lure them into baskets.
Lopburi’s mayor described it as almost an “abandoned town” as homes and people were constantly attacked and businesses were relocated to escape the carnage. Eventually the captured monkeys will be released into a 3,000-acre sanctuary-like site, but for now they are being moved into large cages spread across the city.
According to the Bangkok Post, the head of the Lopburi provincial police recently approved the use of slingshots by police officers against aggressive monkeys amid a rise in incidents. Suttipong Kemtubtim of the city’s National Parks Department said it is difficult to capture and take away monkeys because of the class system in monkey society and the way they operate in gangs.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 29, 2024, 11:38 IST
