Sailors at Sattahip naval base are losing their battle to prevent hundreds of wild monkeys from ransacking their living quarters and begging for food off-base in nearby streets, a senior naval officer said yesterday.
Local government agencies in Sattahip aredesperately looking for ways to control arapidly growing population of long-tailedmacaques living on the naval base and nearby areas.
Vice Admiral Tanakarn Kraikruan,commandant of the Royal Thai Marine Corps, wants a peaceful solution, he told the Bangkok Post by phone yesterday.
"We must find a way to live with them in harmony. We can't control them. We can't kill them. We must learn to prevent them from stealing our food."
Local government officials are hoping to find funds to prevent the monkey populationfrom growing by neutering them, a method that has worked with dogs.
Vice Admiral Tanakarn, however, doubted that would work. "Monkeys aren't dogs. They are not easy to catch. You can't just walk up to them or shoot them with atranquiliser and neuter them," he said.
Sailors at Sattahip naval base are losing their battle to prevent hundreds of wild monkeys from ransacking their living quarters and begging for food off-base in nearby streets, a senior naval officer said yesterday. Local government agencies in Sattahip aredesperately looking for ways to control arapidly growing population of long-tailedmacaques living on the naval base and nearby areas. Vice Admiral Tanakarn Kraikruan,commandant of the Royal Thai Marine Corps, wants a peaceful solution, he told the Bangkok Post by phone yesterday. "We must find a way to live with them in harmony. We can't control them. We can't kill them. We must learn to prevent them from stealing our food." Local government officials are hoping to find funds to prevent the monkey populationfrom growing by neutering them, a method that has worked with dogs. Vice Admiral Tanakarn, however, doubted that would work. "Monkeys aren't dogs. They are not easy to catch. You can't just walk up to them or shoot them with atranquiliser and neuter them," he said.
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