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Wild pig-tailed macaque runs amok in Phuket village

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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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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.

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