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monkey town
wild monkeys becoming a pest to locals and tourists
•The• monkeys inhabiting the area around Wat Khao Takiab were the focus of attention at the end of hua hin
last week, as their numbers have grown to an alarming estimate of around three thousand, which has consequently caused more related problems, from aggressive behaviour towards people as the monkeys search for food, to damage to property and power outages caused as they climb on and damage cables. This is not the only area affected by ‘armies’ of monkeys either, but it is certainly the most prominent as it is visited by many domestic and foreign tourists, and the Mayor of Hua Hin, Noppaporn Wuthikun, visited the area to inspect the problem, and see what could be done about it. While no solutions have yet been proposed by the Mayor’s office, it seems clear that some efforts must be made to both reduce and control the population, probably by a combination of sterilisation and removal of some of the animals, as well as making greater efforts to dissuade the feeding of the animals, which has unfortunately become part of some local traders business. The monkeys of Khao Takiab have become a tourist attraction in their own right, so to remove all of them may not be the right strategy, although from a health perspective of both the monkeys and the humans staying in or visiting the area it is probably the correct thing to do. Whether there are any suitable facilities to rehome the monkeys is another aspect, as many of them may not survive in the wild, having been accustomed to being fed regularly, but there is an animal sanctuary between Hua Hin and Cha Am that may be the right place. We have to hope that the Mayor is able to come up with a plan that suits everybody, including the monkeys.