Phuket monkeys face relocation to islands offshore 

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: Officials are taking serious consideration in moving troops of monkeys from Phuket to small islands offshore to reduce the number of “problems between people and monkeys”, according to an official report.

 

In moving the idea forward, top-ranking wildlife officials yesterday (May 4) inspected three islands that may become home to troops of troublesome monkeys.
 

Leading the inspection was Piyawat Sukhon, who as Director of the Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area Office in Thalang is the officer responsible for the protection and conservation of all natural wildlife on the island.

 

Joining him was Pongchart Chouehorm, Director of the Natural and Wildlife Education Centre at Khao Phra Theaw, and Greangsak Sribuarod, head of the Wildlife Research Station in Surat Thani.

 

Pa Khlok Mayor Panya Sampaorat also joined the team, which inspected the small islands of Koh Pae and Koh Thanan, both off Pa Khlok, and Koh Malee, offshore from Rassada, on Phuket’s east coast.

 

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It won't stop the problem. Thai tour guides will have banana and long tail boat tours to the island to feed them bananas.

1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

It won't stop the problem. Thai tour guides will have banana and long tail boat tours to the island to feed them bananas.

They'll need the bananas as they will starve on those tiny islands........or, die of thirst first.

Better locate and keep the human new arrivals on this tiny islands and let the monkeys and jungle here!

I hope they don't use the chopper pilot who was moving the bear!

4 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

It won't stop the problem. Thai tour guides will have banana and long tail boat tours to the island to feed them bananas.

How about removing the people from Phuket instead?

Australia has kangaroo island so let Phuket have a monkey island....why not? Good for tourists.   Would be nice if they had more animals on the islands, like elephants on koh chang.

Whey don't they just remove all the wildlife and cut down all the trees to make expensive hotels?

 

Also the coral reefs are getting destroyed so fast they will be gone soon too.

 

Good job of some greedy humans, and ignorant tourists.

 

Years ago Phuket was a beautiful place, with lots of nature, even tigers.  Now it's getting wrecked... very sad.