Macaque sterilisation programme starts in Hua Hin

[Thaiger]

Hua Hin, the resort town on the Gulf of Thailand, has begun its annual macaque sterilisation programme. The programme is designed to cut down on the number of primates that bother residents and visitors. The sterilisation programme started back in 2017 by way of a memorandum of cooperation between the municipality and the Conservation Administration Office 3 of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, says Hua Hin Municipality mayor Nopporn Wuthikul. The sterilisation programme has 1.1 million baht in funding. The goal is to sterilise 600 of the estimated 3,000 macaques or 20% of them. According to […]

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[Craig]

I guess an “open shoot” program to reduce their population is out of the question here because people don’t eat them?

[Cathat]

10 hours ago, Craig said:

I guess an “open shoot” program to reduce their population is out of the question here because people don’t 

 

[Cathat]

If these difficult times I would imagine there must be people who would welcome a free meal so your idea of a cull sounds reasonable.

Plenty of hiso's have been known to pay big money to go hunting in the past.

[Zool]

I drove past the monkey mafia in Hua Hin one day and I saw one of the buggers hightailing it out of a shop with a big bag of candy he had just stolen. They sometimes wander into our neighborhood. We had one sitting on our balcony one day for a while.

[KaptainRob]

Should extend the sterilisation program to certain HH and BKK residents also.   

[colinneil]

15 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

Should extend the sterilisation program to certain HH and BKK residents also.   

I certainly hope you are not referring to my bestest buddy on HH, NCC.

Bit late in his case, hes getting past it anyway.

Edited August 18, 2021 by colinneil

[emilyarin]

l was always under the impression in Thailand if it moves you can eat it, snakes, tree rats, monitor lizards, bugs, dogs, so what is the problem with monkeys, !!!!!

[Poolie]

4 minutes ago, emilyarin said:

l was always under the impression in Thailand if it moves you can eat it, snakes, tree rats, monitor lizards, bugs, dogs, so what is the problem with monkeys, !!!!!

They fight back.

[Excan1]

THAIS make a big show of not killing dogs and monkeys,even mosquitoes,but every market is full of meat,Lord Buddhas cheif message to society was Ahimsa,non violence.Little wonder ThAIS and and the worlds other hypocrites are suffering so much due to covid and climate etc.WAKE UP PEOPLE.Do not kill animals or support the killing by buying and eating the flesh or this hell will continue.

Edited August 18, 2021 by Excan1
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[King Cotton]

10 minutes ago, Excan1 said:

THAIS make a big show of not killing dogs and monkeys,even mosquitoes,but every market is full of meat,Lord Buddhas cheif message to society was Ahimsa,non violence.Little wonder ThAIS and and the worlds other hypocrites are suffering so much due to covid and climate etc.WAKE UP PEOPLE.Do not kill animals or support the killing by buying and eating the flesh or this hell will continue.

An interesting post, but happily it does appear that the macaques are only being sterilised and not culled. And your debut post, too . . . thanks for that!

Hello, Excan1 and welcome to Thaiger Talk

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[AlexPTY]

I thought bars are still closed 

[Jason]

I wonder whether the macaques get Covid?

[BlueSphinx]

18 minutes ago, Jason said:

I wonder whether the macaques get Covid?

Give them the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA jab, the spike-protein will accumulate in the female's ovaries and the male's testes, leading to infertility within 1 to 3 years and voila: problem solved...

[Boboxford]

That post is nonsense. 

[King Cotton]

5 minutes ago, Boboxford said:

That post is nonsense. 

Yes, 3PM . . . it's that time of the day when the SoH's really get sharpened! And your debut post, too . . . thanks for that!

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[Cathat]

16 hours ago, Excan1 said:

THAIS make a big show of not killing dogs and monkeys,even mosquitoes,but every market is full of meat,Lord Buddhas cheif message to society was Ahimsa,non violence.Little wonder ThAIS and and the worlds other hypocrites are suffering so much due to covid and climate etc.WAKE UP PEOPLE.Do not kill animals or support the killing by buying and eating the flesh or this hell will continue.

I've been told a few times that the slaughter of animals bred for eating is generally carried out by members of the minority groups such as muslims and christians.

Seeing as the animal is now dead it would be wasteful not to eat it and your buhddist concience is thus clean.

 

 

[JamesE]

20 hours ago, Zool said:

I drove past the monkey mafia in Hua Hin one day and I saw one of the buggers hightailing it out of a shop with a big bag of candy he had just stolen. They sometimes wander into our neighborhood. We had one sitting on our balcony one day for a while.

I had to go mano a mano with one up in Khao Yai NP. It feinted left like it was going for another table then jinked back to the right. I saved most of our lunch but it did make off with a bag of sticky rice (and was chased into the jungle by a pursuing horde looking to make the khao nieow their own). MF'ers are quick.

[Jason]

I remember the macaques when I visited a temple on a hilltop in Hua Hin. They were everywhere and running amok in gangs. There were signs everywhere telling people not to feed them, or they would attack you and scratch and bite you. I think measures that control the population without culling serves everyone (including the macaques). 

[Soidog]

On 8/18/2021 at 5:10 AM, emilyarin said:

l was always under the impression in Thailand if it moves you can eat it, snakes, tree rats, monitor lizards, bugs, dogs, so what is the problem with monkeys, !!!!!

Maybe they carry Covid

[Soidog]

On 8/18/2021 at 8:27 AM, Jason said:

I wonder whether the macaques get Covid?

Maybe they can carry it ? 

[Soidog]

I wouldn’t advocate shooting as it’s a cruel way to control numbers. They clearly need controlling as they become like vermin when numbers are high. 
 

Several years ago I was staying in a hotel and stood on the balcony enjoying the sunset. When I went back in to the room there was a large macaque with an infant sitting on the table helping themselves to my fruit. As I moved towards it, the monkey made a sound which needed no translation. It essentially meant “Keep back mother fuc*er or I swear I will rip your face off”. I moved to one side of the room. The monkey took as much as it could carry along with its infant and left. It was at that stage I realised the similarity between a pissed off macaque and a bar girl you refuse to buy a beer for!   

[dmacarelli]

Nothing wrong with culling the urban monkey populations. Now, if we could only get them to come up with a similar program for the soi dogs.