Phuket wildlife officials ‘requesting permission’ to relocate monkeys

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Phuket wildlife officials ‘requesting permission’ to relocate monkeys

Shela Riva

 

Attendees at last Thursday's meeting regarding relocating the island's monkeys. Photo: Pongchart Chuehorn / Facebook

 

PHUKET: It was revealed during a meeting last Thursday (Dec 14) that officials are currently at the stage of requesting permission from the Department of National Parks to begin relocating Phuket’s wild monkeys to nearby islands.

 

About 50 people including villagers joined the meeting at Moo 7 Baan Yamu in Pa Khlok, with Pa Khlok Mayor Panya Sampaorat, Director of the Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area Office Pongchart Chouehorm, Director of the Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area Office Conservation Centre Piyawat Sukon and others.

 

“We are currently requesting permission from the Department of National Parks to move the monkeys,” Mr Piyawat told The Phuket News yesterday (Dec 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-wildlife-officials-requesting-permission-to-relocate-monkeys-65192.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-12-19

 

[madmitch]

Were the attendees asked to do monkey impressions for the photos, with one hand in the air and another on the crotch?

[Oziex1]

After reading the complaints of the Monkeys behaviour, I would say they fit right in with their human counterparts.

[leither69]

Will they use a helicopter to move them!! No more monkeys!