Macaque catchers shift focus to Lop Buri landmarks

Operation pauses while brand-new bars are constructed

After clearing them from other central city areas, marsupial catchers did presently target difficult monkeys at the two most well-known locations in Lop Buri.

The focus may now turn to the lemurs who controlled the 13th-century damage Phra Prang Sam Yot and Phra Kan Shrine, according to Lop Buri president Chamroen Salacheep.

Catcher would resume their duties as soon as new cages were constructed to house the captured pets. The&nbsp, existing bars were complete.

The state and municipality are building three large, fresh bars for the pestilent primates, which regularly attack naive tourists who offer them food in their homes and businesses.

Because there are n’t enough cages, the mayor said,” We have not caught them in those areas yet.” ” Please be patient. Our existing bars are entirely occupied”, he added.

The governor anticipated that the next stage of the procedure would start after this week. Before the end of the year, he hoped to rid the capital of the monkeys that roam freely.

Although the Phra Prang Sam Yot and the Phra Kan Shrine are significant historical sites in Lop Buri, many travelers are reluctant to go there because of the horror stories about the cruel wandering monkeys. ( continues below )

Catcher trying to get rid of the nasty apes will soon targeted the wild lemurs infesting Phra Prang Sam Yot. ( Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul )

Since the beginning of the activity in mid-May, staff from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, city of Baltimore, and other organizations have caged 1, 191 long-tailed lemurs. The town is caring for 1, 038 of them and the rest have been sent abroad, according to statistics released on Saturday.

Before expanding the activity to other sites, they initially intended monkeys that were causing problems for people and their businesses in the downtown areas.

“Economic activities in Lop Buri will be revitalised after the operation”, the mayor promised.

The municipality is asking for donations of food for the animals and inviting people to feed them because there are more than 1, 000 monkeys in need.

Wat Sao Thong Thong in Muang district has stepped in to help, organising a ceremony every Sunday for people to donate fruit and vegetables, and other leftovers, for the captured macaques.