Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that a sting was mounted in parking lot 1B of the IT Square building in Laksi, northern Bangkok after an informant told police about the impending sale of a monkey.

 

Jirakit, 28, arrived with the baby monkey in a blue shoulder bag and was promptly arrested and charged with trading in protected species. 

 

The baby monkey clinging onto an environment and natural resources crime suppression division operative was taken into care.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Jirakit could face four years in jail and/or fines of 40,000 baht.

 

The media reported that many people in Thailand still keep Thai monkeys as pets despite the illegality.

 

They listed several species including macaques, Samae and Assam or mountain monkeys that are all protected under the law. 

 

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I wonder if these scum are invoved ?

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/live-monkeys-found-stashed-in-bags-in-thailand/vi-AAU06Qh

 

 

Probably being sold as pets or coconut pickers.....

Tip of a very large animal trafficking nightmare.

6 hours ago, baz69er said:

Probably being sold as pets or coconut pickers.....

The old coconut picker (CP) monkey's are rarely used now since more modern methods superseded them, they are more as tourist attractions. They are classed as revered family members and are only bred with other CP monkey's. CP monkey's are all born 'in captivity' and it has been so for over a hundred years non of them are taken from the wild. The recent scandal where a so called animal charity, funded by Florida coconut growers, managed to get UK and US major retailers (Tesco's etc) to stop selling Thai coconut milk, saying they were taken from the wild and treated cruelly (for a short period until it was exposed as an outright lie), highlighted this. There is even a school run by Buddhist monks which specialises in training them humanely. They would not survive in the wild.

 

19 hours ago, RobU said:

The old coconut picker (CP) monkey's are rarely used now since more modern methods superseded them, they are more as tourist attractions. They are classed as revered family members and are only bred with other CP monkey's. CP monkey's are all born 'in captivity' and it has been so for over a hundred years non of them are taken from the wild. The recent scandal where a so called animal charity, funded by Florida coconut growers, managed to get UK and US major retailers (Tesco's etc) to stop selling Thai coconut milk, saying they were taken from the wild and treated cruelly (for a short period until it was exposed as an outright lie), highlighted this. There is even a school run by Buddhist monks which specialises in training them humanely. They would not survive in the wild.

 

I only say this as the house I've rented for 10 years in Krabi has a guy come round with his monkey picker to collect the coconuts from the land at the rear of the property & I've also seen on few occasions other sarmlaws with a monkey Tied to a rope for the same purpose....

50 minutes ago, baz69er said:

I only say this as the house I've rented for 10 years in Krabi has a guy come round with his monkey picker to collect the coconuts from the land at the rear of the property & I've also seen on few occasions other sarmlaws with a monkey Tied to a rope for the same purpose....

The rope is to stop them running off and getting lost, they won't survive in the wild. Thanks for the info must be very interesting to see

 

22 hours ago, RobU said:

The rope is to stop them running off and getting lost, they won't survive in the wild. Thanks for the info must be very interesting to see

Yeh the monkey is on a along rope & he gives it a tug if the monkey isn't picking any coconuts,  have also seen the monkey come down the tree & the handler will point back up at the coconuts that he's missed & it will go back up & get them off.....

A word of warning, I tried to take a picture at a distance & the monkey showed his teeth & was ready to attack......

On 2/20/2022 at 2:53 PM, baz69er said:

A word of warning, I tried to take a picture at a distance & the monkey showed his teeth & was ready to attack......

 

Thanks for the warning, I really thought it was going to jump out of the photo and bite me.