News Forum - Escalating monkey population in Phetchaburi prompts collaborative resolution

[Thaiger]

The escalating monkey population in Phetchaburi has led to a collaboration between the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) and residents to address the issue. Edwin Week, secretary of the Wildlife Friends Foundation, Suraphon Nakhon Nakhon, President of Phetchaburi Future Organization, and a veterinarian from the DNP, along with monks and locals affected … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

It is time to consider spaying all the captured female monkeys before releasing them into the wild. 

[QECE]

Nature's revenge revealing itself.

One of too many. 

[cowslip]

As with most reports like this, no-one is asking WHY?

THe monkey population is an imbalance of nature. 

Why is the population so big? Why has it shifted.

I suspect just putting them in a cage will mean the popultion will just grow to replace them.

A population relies on food - if there is no food then the population will dwindle of its own accord.

With dogs the usual response is to CNVR - capture, neuter vaccinate and return - this does work but I suspect with monkeys it would be very difficult. Rather than just spaying females, castrating the males is probably easiest.

 

One should also be concerned about rabies - these are mamals and they bite - everyone bitten should immediately be vaccinated and so should all the monkeys.