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Pointing to a net hanging over the terrace, local resident Kuljira Taechawattanawanna complains of monkey terrorism, which has housed a 13th century city hostage, writes france24.com.
“We live in a cage and the monkeys live outside it. Their droppings everywhere, the stench is just unbearable, especially during the rain, “says the local resident.
Primates fearlessly reign in the streets near the Prang Sam Yod temple, located in the heart of Lopbury, observing the environment from fences, destroying cars.
Such behavior by monkeys was tolerated as a tourist attraction. Until the coronavirus pandemic broke out, visitors to the city were plentiful, and everyone was happy to take photos with brave primates.
The country’s government has now embarked on a monkey sterilization program. There is simply no other option, as the coronavirus pandemic has led to unexpected changes in the behavior of these animals.
With the decline in tourists (Thailand’s main source of income), fewer bananas are also being thrown, making macaques increasingly aggressive due to food shortages. In March, images were released online of how hungry monkeys are causing riots in the streets.
The growing number of monkeys (their number has doubled to 6,000 in three years) has recently been a major obstacle for people living in the city. In some areas of the city, people have no place.
Abandoned cinema: the headquarters of the macaques and a kind of cemetery. The tribes put the dead monkeys in the theater’s operating room. If a person invents a foot to carry in a building, he is immediately attacked.
A nearby store owner tries to dissuade monkeys with tiger stuffing and crocodile-shaped toys, but those tactics are of little use, and primates often remove spray paint from their store.
It seems that no Lopburi resident will remember the city without monkeys more. Others believe that primates were pushed into the city in their time by the destruction of their habitats in the adjacent forest. Initially, the townspeople naturally began to feed the macaques and thus avoid conflict. The biggest problem is that the sweet sodas, flakes, candy, and fast food that have been available to monkeys have prompted primates to reproduce more actively.
“The more you eat, the more energy you have, so you multiply more intensely,” said Pramotas Ketampai, administrator of the house of prayer that surrounds the Prang Sam Yod Temple.
The macaque gang wars attracted the attention of officials, who resumed the primate sterilization program in June after a three-year hiatus.
Wildlife officials use the fruit to lure the monkeys into cages and take them to a clinic where they are put to sleep, sterilized, and finally marked with a special tattoo to indicate their infertility. It is planned to sterilize 500 primates by Friday.
Only these campaigns to stop the growth of the monkey population can be very few, so the department has long-term plans to establish a monkey reserve in another part of the city. This thought is feared to provoke fierce resistance from the locals.
“First, we should conduct a survey of people living in the area. It would be like throwing garbage near their homes and asking them if they are happy about that,” says Narongporn Daudduem, spokesman for the wildlife conservation department.
Taweesak Srisaguan, the owner of a store in Lopburi, defending himself against unwanted visitors with stuffed animals, says that while the constant battle with the macaques is annoying, if they leave, he will miss the monkey society.
“I am used to seeing them crawling, playing on the street. If they leave, I will definitely feel alone,” says the store owner.
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