Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
- Lopburi, a Thai town overrun by marauding wild monkeys, initiated a plan involving trickery and ripe fruit to manage the simian population.
- The town began by baiting cages with the monkeys' favorite food to capture them due to concerns about their impact on tourism and local businesses.
- Authorities started sedating and marking the monkeys for health checks and identification purposes to ensure accurate monitoring of the population.
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Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to send them away
LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi in central Thailand that they had to reduce the animals’ numbers. If […]


Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) -- A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.

Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
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