Phuket residents happy with wild monkey campaign, says wildlife chief

The Phuket News

 

Mr Pongchart urged the residents to be wary of how they dispose of their food scraps, as this could easily lead the monkeys to return to the houses for food. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The wildlife official tasked with leading the campaign targetting the growing populations of wild monkeys in Phuket has reported a near-instant positive result of the mass sterilsation project in the Rassada area, where the first neutered wild monkeys were released on Monday (June 18).

 

The first 42 monkeys neutered under the wild-monkey campaign were released back to their home mangrove swamp near Kingkaew Soi 9 at 4pm, in the same area where they were caught just days earlier.

 

Pongchart Chouehorm, Director of the Natural and Wildlife Education Centre at Khao Phra Theaw, yesterday afternoon led a team of officers to question local residents in the Kingkaew Soi 9 area about the monkeys returned.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-residents-happy-with-wild-monkey-campaign-says-wildlife-chief-67569.php#W76KMLUKvx3V7O3l.99 

 

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Good news!  neuter healthy and euthanize the unhealthy. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The first 42 monkeys neutered under the wild-monkey campaign were released back to their home mangrove swamp

They need to wise up and grow a pair.

 

On 6/20/2018 at 12:15 PM, webfact said:

•    urged the residents to be wary of how they dispose of their food scraps, 
• The first 42 monkeys neutered under the wild-monkey campaign were released back to their home mangrove swamp near Kingkaew Soi 9 

The irony is not is not lost on us.........I doubt this will have any effect on the current troop, they will still raid peoples houses for food.  but it will control overpopulation.......?