The macaques that roam Lopburi, north of the capital Bangkok, are a symbol of local culture and a major tourist draw. And a nuisance.
Thai wildlife officials have laid out a plan to bring peace to a central city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict.
Authorities hope to round up some 2500 urban monkeys and place them in massive enclosures, said Athapol Charoenshunsa, the director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. They’ll work with wildlife experts to find a way for a limited number of monkeys to stay free in the city, he added.
Officials said they planned to capture the rest of the monkeys once the enclosures are complete, especially those in the residential areas. Separate cages would be prepared for different troops of monkeys to prevent them from fighting. But an earlier effort to limit feeding may have made things worse, some residents say. Local officials began threatening fines for feeding monkeys outside a few designated areas around the main tourist attractions in recent years. But those feeding areas were dominated by a few troops of the highly territorial creatures, while rival bands grew hungry and turned to harassing humans in other areas even more.
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