News Forum - Going bananas: Thailand’s creative crackdown on Hua Hin’s monkey mayhem

[Thaiger]

Innovative measures are underway in Thailand to address issues of monkey disturbances in the Hua Hin area, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), in collaboration with the Hua Hin Municipality, has launched a unique operation employing remote control traps to relocate monkeys from Khao Takiab and Khao … …

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[rattlesnake]

I wasn't aware that they were that much of a nuisance. I never saw them being aggressive (the way they were in Lopburi, for example), and kind of enjoyed seeing them by the road around Khao Hin Lek Fai, it was a picturesque sight.

[Marc26]

4 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

I wasn't aware that they were that much of a nuisance. I never saw them being aggressive (the way they were in Lopburi, for example), and kind of enjoyed seeing them by the road around Khao Hin Lek Fai, it was a picturesque sight.

If I had to guess

 

They used to be a bit isolated down by Khao Takiab but it's gotten so developed down that way now so they have spread out 

 

Worse I ever encountered is on Koh Lanta 

 

Just 1000's all over the road

[rattlesnake]

31 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

If I had to guess

They used to be a bit isolated down by Khao Takiab but it's gotten so developed down that way now so they have spread out 

Worse I ever encountered is on Koh Lanta 

Just 1000's all over the road

There haven't been that many on Khao Takiab lately. I live in the Khao Hin Lek Fai area and they sometimes venture out. Occasionally, we will see a rogue one in our residential area, they usually come looking for food and then will sit eating it on your roof (anything from mangoes to cat kibble), looking at you as if to say "if you have a problem with me, come get me". I always find it amusing, they are very expressive creatures (though my cats get stressed about it).

I wouldn't be surprised if people complained about those incursions, though.

[AussieBob]

Good to see Thais are reacting before they become like Lopburi and take over part of town.  Good initiative - capture and euthanise any caught in tourist/suburban areas - then they will stick to the mountain. If too many in the mountain area - cull them down in numbers. Managing these animals means doing what is right for humans first and foremost - dont wait until the military have to come in a shoot them. Rabies. 

[Marc26]

16 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

There haven't been that many on Khao Takiab lately. I live in the Khao Hin Lek Fai area and they sometimes venture out. Occasionally, we will see a rogue one in our residential area, they usually come looking for food and then will sit eating it on your roof (anything from mangoes to cat kibble), looking at you as if to say "if you have a problem with me, come get me". I always find it amusing, they are very expressive creatures (though my cats get stressed about it).

I wouldn't be surprised if people complained about those incursions, though.

In Koh Lanta

They would just sit in the middle of the road

 

I was on a MB, so was worried they'd jump at me

 

Especially the Mommas with their babies 

[AussieBob]

13 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

In Koh Lanta

They would just sit in the middle of the road

I was on a MB, so was worried they'd jump at me

Especially the Mommas with their babies 

When we last visited Hua Hin the wife wanted to go up the mountain again and feed the monkeys.  They attacked her and took everything she had - the 'guide' could not stop them.  Luckily she did not panic and slowly backed away and just let them take it all. The fights they had with each other over who got what was violent and nasty.  If I had a gun with lots of bullets (and permission) I would have gladly killed them all. Do not go there is my recommendation - nowhere where there is monkeys - especially not in the high season when they are not being fed as much. The whole thing is just stupid and has got way out of hand - Thais just do not maintain things very well - no future planning but react when something bad happens - far too much of that here.  

[rattlesnake]

1 hour ago, AussieBob said:

When we last visited Hua Hin the wife wanted to go up the mountain again and feed the monkeys.  They attacked her and took everything she had - the 'guide' could not stop them.  Luckily she did not panic and slowly backed away and just let them take it all. The fights they had with each other over who got what was violent and nasty.  If I had a gun with lots of bullets (and permission) I would have gladly killed them all. Do not go there is my recommendation - nowhere where there is monkeys - especially not in the high season when they are not being fed as much. The whole thing is just stupid and has got way out of hand - Thais just do not maintain things very well - no future planning but react when something bad happens - far too much of that here.  

Was that on Khao Takiab (where the big Buddha statue is)? That will explain why they've all gone, I had no idea they were actually attacking people.

[BainaiThai]

imo this is the key phrase...

 health assessments and sterilisation to control their population

oh how I wish they would do that with our dog and cat population.  

[rattlesnake]

16 minutes ago, BainaiThai said:

imo this is the key phrase...

 health assessments and sterilisation to control their population

oh how I wish they would do that with our dog and cat population.  

I was chased by stray dogs just a couple of days ago, as I was pulling out onto the road on my bike and it wasn't in an obscure soi… Very dangerous and IMO a bigger problem than the monkeys.

[23RD]

On 11/12/2024 at 2:40 PM, Thaiger said:

Innovative measures are underway in Thailand to address issues of monkey disturbances in the Hua Hin area

I get the same sort of feeling everytime I stroll through Soi 6 Pattaya. 

[AussieBob]

3 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Was that on Khao Takiab (where the big Buddha statue is)? That will explain why they've all gone, I had no idea they were actually attacking people.

Yes it was - we have not been back for years - it was about 2018/2019 - before Covid by maybe a year or so (had vaccines so memory faded). 

[AussieBob]

2 hours ago, BainaiThai said:

imo this is the key phrase...

 health assessments and sterilisation to control their population

oh how I wish they would do that with our dog and cat population.  

Agree - but they just do not the resources to do it all over Thailand. And the truth is many soi dogs are in fact people's pets that are just let go.   IMO the only solution is to round up all stray dogs and euthanise the aggressive ones and put up for adoption those that are OK as pets.  Sad but true - that is the way. Thais have no sense of responsibility regarding dogs - they should all be chipped and therefore traceable back to an owner. It would take years - but it is the only way.