Hundreds of monkeys castrated in Thailand after running riot

Hundreds of wild monkeys are castrated in Thailand after running riot and terrifying residents

  • More than 200 of the monkeys were castrated in the city of Songkhla this week 
  • The imperious imps have been running riot since the locals were put in lockdown
  • It comes after another Thai city neutered hundreds of monkeys in June

More than 200 marauding macaque monkeys have been castrated in Thailand after a spate of raids on homes in search of food. 

The primates have roamed freely into the city of Songkhla, meeting little resistance due to the coronavirus lockdown. 

On Tuesday, a team of wildlife conservationists rounded up the animals, drawing them into cages with bait before knocking them unconscious with tranquilizers.

The captured monkeys were marked with numbers so that they can be easily identified in future before being castrated.

More than 200 marauding macaque monkeys have been castrated in Thailand after a spate of raids on homes in search of food

The primates have roamed freely into the city of Songkhla, meeting little resistance due to the coronavirus lockdown

Thung Tale Wildlife Conservation officer Suwat Suksiri said: ‘We had to have monkeys neutered because the residents said the more wild monkey population means the more problems and conflicts could happen between them.’ 

Earlier this year hundreds of the monkeys were sterilised in the central city of Lopburi after their numbers spiralled wildly out of control.

Officials there were seeking to neuter around 500 of the 6,000 animals after they terrorised locals as they engaged in mass street brawls over scraps of food and invaded shops.  

Incredible footage showed the animals brawling over scraps of food in the street in Lopburi in March as a lack of tourists deprived them of their usual food supplies

Monkeys watch anxiously as some of their number are captured and taken to be castrated in Lopburi in June

People had sought to appease them with junk food, but the sugary diet turned them sex-crazed and they were breeding faster than ever.  

Footage of hundreds of them brawling over food in the streets went viral on social media in March.

Their growing numbers – doubling in three years – have made an uneasy coexistence with their human peers almost intolerable.

Many areas have simply been surrendered to the marauding monkeys. 

A troop of macaques invades a shop in Lopburi

This picture taken on June 20, 2020 shows longtail macaques chasing a woman on a scooter in the city of Lopburi 

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