Compensation set as monkey attacks climb in Lop Buri

The minister for natural sources and the environment has approved laws on payment for individuals attacked by wild wildlife including monkeys, a growing concern in Lop Buri state.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said on Sunday that Pol Gen Patcharawat Wongsuwon, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, previously signed his name in acceptance of the novel laws which took effect on Saturday.

The payment was set at 100, 000 baht for each case of death, numbness or damage of both eye, arms or legs. It was set at 50, 000 baht for a lost of one attention, arm or leg.

Payment for another injury will be paid in accordance with real traumas, but is capped at 30, 000 ringgit.

Those Injured may also get regular payment of up to 300 ringgit for a period of up to 180 days pending their healing.

The payment is available for people attacked by monkeys, elephants, gaurs and animals.

The new restrictions came amid a recent spate of injuries caused by lemurs attacking people&nbsp, to grab food in Lop Buri state, where many of the wild monkeys&nbsp, live among areas.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said it would shift extreme chimpanzees from urban regions of Lop Buri to bars in the same state and in Nakhon Nayok. It said primates may become aggressive when they lack meals during the hot season.