Wild pig-tailed macaque runs amok in Phuket village

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers used fruit to lure the macaque into a cage. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Rescue workers used fruit as bait to catch a wild pig-tailed macaque that was running amok in Pa Khlok yesterday (Jan 11).

 

Kusoldham rescue workers were informed by locals at 2:30pm yesterday that a large pig-tailed macaque was running around Pa Khlok causing alarm to a number of residents.

 

Rescue workers went to the scene and using fruit as bait lured the animal into a cage. Once trapped inside rescue workers transported the macaque to the Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area in Thalang.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/wild-pig-tailed-macaque-runs-amok-in-phuket-village-60595.php

 

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Hip Hip hurrayyyy to the monkey ... if that's the news of the day in Phuket then life must be fairly peaceful at the moment. Poor bugger though, being forced to leave his area and encroach on his old territory to find food !

More like we are running amok in his territory. 

Monkeys are very vicious creatures- dont eyeball them. 

Awwww......no finger pointing

Just now, sioux2012 said:

Awwww......no finger pointing

 

Judging by the state of his fangs, he probably won't survive too long back in the wild in another troop's territory:

 

 

 

 

How they should look:

Fruit and a big enough fold-up cage?  Could be the answer to out of control street violence.

They should determine his origin.....is he thai or an alien with no visa??????? 

As someone who has worked with wildlife trapping before (for conservation research) - I have to say well done to whoever got the macaque to go in to the trap just using fruit.  Very, very difficult to get a wild animal (or even a free-running formerly captive animal) to go in to a trap.  Very difficult.