Stage Two in ‘Project Monkey’ being rolled out in Phuket

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Stage Two in ‘Project Monkey’ being rolled out in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: The Phuket PR Office

 

Stage One to capture, sterilize and release some of the excess monkey population around Phuket has been a great success. Time now for Stage Two.

 

Cages have been placed at the two main hills overlooking Phuket Town – Khao To Sae and Khao Rang – yesterday (September 12) to catch some more Phuket monkeys for birth control and re-homing.

 

A team of officers from the Natural and Wildlife Education Centre at Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area in Thalang, led by director Pongchart Chouehorm, placed cages at Khao To Sae and Khao Rang, both popular places for macaque monkeys and an increasing amount of tourists, hence the problem.

 

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