Hua Hin monkeys in vigil for a fallen comrade!

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Hua Hin monkeys in vigil for a fallen comrade!


Image: Daily News

HUA HIN:-- Authorities called to collect a dead monkey on the Chomsin Road in Hua Hin found a group of monkeys guarding one of their own.

The monkey - from the crab eating macaque family - had climbed down from the hills and unfortunately been electrocuted on a power pole, reports Daily News.

But his family and friends would not leave the scene and animal welfare experts had to use their cunning to retrieve the animal. They used a crocodile doll to scare them away before grabbing the dead monkey's tail and taking it away for burial.

There is reckoned to be a community of around 1000 monkeys in the Hin Lek Fai hills area and the hot weather has caused them to come down from higher up in search of food and water, causing problems for locals who have put up signs asking people not to feed them, something that many people ignore.

Source: Daily News


-- 2016-05-06

[ezzra]

I swear, sometime those primate act, behave and have more respect for each other than humans.....

[Monkeyrobot]

RIP my friend.

[sawadee1947]

I've been there yesterday. Actually this area should be for recreation. However I could see only the monkeys can get benefit. For humans it's a no-go area. I was happily staying in my car.....

[Brer Fox]

I swear, sometime those primate act, behave and have more respect for each other than humans.....

Agree and at least they don't go around slashing and killing each other with Ninja swords.

[Just1Voice]

It's a sad state of affairs when the animals are more humane than the humans.

[ujayujay]

I swear, sometime those primate act, behave and have more respect for each other than humans.....

Agree 100%

[Suradit69]

I swear, sometime those primate act, behave and have more respect for each other than humans.....

I was just thinking the same thing. If he had been a farang and died, it would kick off a 5 page thread of insensitive comments and conspiracy speculation on TV.

[roly]

I live very close to here, and we had a power cut due to the monkey in the photo. I went to the local shop and saw it dead on the ground opposite, there were no other monkeys around at that time, so it would have been easy to remove it. Not really much of a vigil going on at that point in time.

The article says "and the hot weather has caused them to come down from higher up in search of food and water". Being a local in this area, I can say it's nothing to do with the hot weather. It's because there are dozens of bins in the area with insufficient locks/doors that let the monkeys steal the food and trash. In fact, it's such a problem, with litter blowing all over the street, into my road, up the drive way, and causing a mess everywhere. Plus the fact there are HUGE signs on the walls in Thai saying please don't feed the monkeys in this area. However, 4 or 5 o clock every day, there's always a few people or families feeding the monkeys fruit and bananas, and often a few tourists doing the same. They don't realise the annoyance and problems it causes around here (maybe they do but just don't care).

This problem with dead monkeys would be solved if:

1. People heeded the signs saying don't feed the monkeys

2. The council installed proper cages where the bins can be housed, with strong locks / doors so the monkeys can't get inside.

Just sayin' :-)

I'm moving house, so perhaps I'll come back one day and feed the monkeys just like everyone else does, ignoring the signs