The primates broke free from enclosures and descended upon the town of Lopburi, causing chaos and prompting authorities to use food to lure them away.

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong

200 monkeys run riot in Thailand, forcing police to barricade their own station

Since the late 1980s, Lopburi has been hosting an annual fruit feast for the animals, however, a growth in the primate population combined with acts of vandalism and mass fighting, has made living with humans increasingly difficult. The residents of Lopburi have long faced problems caused by a growing and aggressive population of monkeys, leading the authorities to build special enclosures to contain these rebel groups.

Desde o fim da década de 1980, Lopburi promove um banquete anual de frutas para os animais, entretanto, crescimento da população de primatas combinado com atos de vandalismo e brigas em massa, tornou a convivência com os humanos cada vez mais difícil Os moradores de Lopburi enfrentam há muito tempo os problemas causados por uma crescente e agressiva população de macacos, levando as autoridades a construírem recintos especiais para conter esses g…

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Roberto Irineu Marinho

Brazil

'Planet of the Apes? ' : police lock themselves in a police station after the invasion of 200 primates in a Thai city

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Around 200 primates broke out of their enclosure and rampaged through the town on Nov 16.

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Singapore

Law and disorder as Thai police station comes under monkey attack

Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town.The human inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered from a growing and aggressive monkey population and authorities have built special enclosures to contain groups of the unruly residents.But on Saturday around 200 of the primates broke out and rampaged through town, with one posse d…

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John K. Byrne

Michael Rogers (publisher)

United States

BANGKOK, Nov 18 — Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town. The human inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered from a growing and aggressive monkey population and authorities have built special enclosures to contain groups of the unruly residents. But on Saturday around 200 of the primates broke out and rampaged through to…

Malay Mail

Dato’ Siew Ka Wei

Selangor

Malaysia

Police in central Thailand admitted they had to barricade themselves inside their station over the weekend after about 200 monkeys escaped and ransacked the city of Lopburi, the capital of the province of the same name.

Cảnh sát ở miền trung Thái Lan thừa nhận cuối tuần qua phải cố thủ trong đồn sau khi khoảng 200 con khỉ xổng chuồng và quậy phá khắp thành phố Lopburi, thủ phủ của tỉnh cùng tên.

Hàng trăm con khỉ xổng chuồng, cảnh sát Thái Lan cố thủ trong đồn

Thanh Niên

Vietnam

Hundreds of monkeys escape from cages, Thai police barricade themselves in the station

Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town.

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Metro Manila

Philippines

Two hundred runaway monkeys have caused police officers from a city in central Thailand to corner at their durnate police station on the weekend in front of the mob of aggressive animals, reports Afp and local media. Human inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered the consequences of a growing and aggressive monkey population and authorities have built special enclosures to contain resident animal groups.But this Saturday, about 200 primates fle…

Doscientos monos fugitivos han provocado que los agentes de policía de una ciudad del centro de Tailandia se atrincheraran en su comisaría durnate el fin de semana ante la turba de animales agresivos, según informa Afp y los medios locales.Los habitantes humanos de Lopburi han sufrido durante mucho tiempo las consecuencias de una creciente y agresiva población de monos y las autoridades han construido recintos especiales para contener a los grup…

Doscientos monos agresivos cercan una comisaría de policía en Tailandia

Grupo Vocento

Spain

Two hundred aggressive monkeys surround a police station in Thailand

The massive escape, quantified in about 200 monkeys, happened on Saturday night through a hole in a damaged network in a municipal animal center in Lopburi, a city in central Thailand.  Source: EFE Police officers from a city in central Thailand had to dig into their own police station during the weekend in front of a threatening mob of 200 fugitive monkeys.The inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered the consequences of a growing and aggressiv…

La fuga masiva, cuantificada en unos 200 monos, sucedió la noche del sábado a través de un hueco en una red deteriorada en un centro municipal para animales en Lopburi, una urbe del centro de Tailandia. | Fuente: EFE    Los agentes de policía de una ciudad del centro de Tailandia tuvieron que atrincherarse en su propia comisaría durante el fin de semana ante una amenazadora turba de 200 monos fugitivos.Los habitantes de Lopburi llevan mucho tiem…

200 monkeys run riot in Thailand, forcing police to barricade their own station

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