Take me too ...Monkey Town DSC_8224
Following on from yesterdays upload, not 30 m down the road a Macaque strolled across the road in front of our tuk tuk and then I noticed quite a number of them hanging out in the tiny village, sitting on verandas and in peoples yards.
I loved the casual position of this guy. Photo taken from the Tuk Tuk.
There is a love hate relationship with the Monkeys. A guy drove past us on a motor bike with one sitting as a pillion passenger.
Apparently some people keep them to climb up palm trees to retrieve coconuts.
I have read that this may not always be a good experience for the monkeys and they can be used for work under slave like conditions. Like elephants which will be in another upload. The macaques are a tourist attraction but many people have been injured when they try to snatch food and they can become quite aggressive. The populations on this Island don't seem to be very large at all but they have clearly become a problem in other parts of Thailand where Government have formed anti-monkey police units and are undertaking "mass arrests".
"In April, after growing complaints from residents, authorities started rounding up thousands of the monkeys and putting them in large enclosures to be sterilised and registered while they try to find a more permanent solution.
But soon after the "arrests" had begun, about 30 monkeys escaped and stormed the police station".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-10/anti-monkey-police-unit-th...
Take me too ...Monkey Town DSC_8224
Following on from yesterdays upload, not 30 m down the road a Macaque strolled across the road in front of our tuk tuk and then I noticed quite a number of them hanging out in the tiny village, sitting on verandas and in peoples yards.
I loved the casual position of this guy. Photo taken from the Tuk Tuk.
There is a love hate relationship with the Monkeys. A guy drove past us on a motor bike with one sitting as a pillion passenger.
Apparently some people keep them to climb up palm trees to retrieve coconuts.
I have read that this may not always be a good experience for the monkeys and they can be used for work under slave like conditions. Like elephants which will be in another upload. The macaques are a tourist attraction but many people have been injured when they try to snatch food and they can become quite aggressive. The populations on this Island don't seem to be very large at all but they have clearly become a problem in other parts of Thailand where Government have formed anti-monkey police units and are undertaking "mass arrests".
"In April, after growing complaints from residents, authorities started rounding up thousands of the monkeys and putting them in large enclosures to be sterilised and registered while they try to find a more permanent solution.
But soon after the "arrests" had begun, about 30 monkeys escaped and stormed the police station".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-10/anti-monkey-police-unit-th...