Thai police and wildlife officials seized 48 macaques when they intercepted a pickup truck on a highway in Mueang district of the southern province of Chumphon on Saturday night.

 

The two men in the truck, “Natthaphol” and “Charnwat”, were taken into custody for questioning.

 

Wild macaques are a protected wildlife species. They are often caught illegally in the southernmost province of Satun and transported by pickup truck to Laos. Acting on a tip, highway police and wildlife officials were deployed to Asian highway 41, in Khun Krating sub-district, to look out for a suspect vehicle.

 

At about 10pm, the vehicle was spotted and the police gave chase and stopped the truck, in which they found the monkeys, one of which was dead, in several plastic bags.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/48-macaques-rescued-as-police-intercept-pickup-truck-in-chumphon/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-06-12

 

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Serious Monkey business.....????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

they found the monkeys, one of which was dead, in several plastic bags.

They put the monkeys in plastic bags ...?!!!

That clearly is torture and they should be fined and jailed according to the law .

Or make the same with them .

4 hours ago, webfact said:

They are often caught illegally in the southernmost province of Satun and transported by pickup truck to Laos.

Quite the journey.

50 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

They put the monkeys in plastic bags ...?!!!

That clearly is torture and they should be fined and jailed according to the law .

Or make the same with them .

Somebody correct me if otherwise but my taking on that is that only the dead monkey was inside several pastic bags.  

What is the Thai law definition of 'wild' in this case? Macaque monkey populations in some areas of the country are out of control and they are pests.