Nearly 100 macaques escaped a government enclosure in Lopburi, Thailand, prompting officials to use tranquilizer darts and baited cages to recapture them.
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Officials said nearly 100 monkeys broke through part of an enclosure at the Lopburi Municipality Animal Nursery. The monkeys were being housed under the care of local authorities after being transferred from Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Workers were able to prevent more than 1,000 other monkeys at the facility from escaping.
MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, RELEASED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FORCING TODDLER INTO CROCODILE ENCLOSURE AT ZOO Captured monkeys eat fruit during the annual Monkey Banquet at Lopburi Zoo in Lopburi, Thailand, on Nov. 24, 2024. Authorities launched a large-scale effort after nearly 100 monkeys escaped from a nearby government-run enclosure. Provincial officials, wildlife authorities and municipal workers searched nearby residential areas Tuesday after the escape. Authorities used food-baited cages to lure some of the escaped monkeys back into custody.
Other monkeys, including some of the larger and moreMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, RELEASED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FORCING TODDLER INTO CROCODILE ENCLOSURE AT ZOO Monkeys wait to be fed inside an enclosure during the annual Monkey Banquet at Lopburi Zoo in Lopburi, Thailand, on Nov. 24, 2024. Authorities launched a large-scale operation after nearly 100 monkeys escaped from a municipal enclosure in the city. Lopburi Gov.
Weeraphong Ritrod said the damaged enclosure had been repaired and reinforced to help prevent additional escapes. He said officials also plan to build a more secure, double-layer enclosure designed to keep dominant monkeys from breaking out in the future. The governor said the province is also preparing to establish a foundation to help support food costs and improve the monkeys' welfare.
FLORIDA WOMAN MAULED TO DEATH BY DOGS THAT HAD ALLEGEDLY TERRORIZED NEIGHBORHOOD, OWNER CHARGED IN KILLING A captured monkey sits inside a cage during a sterilization program at the Monkey Hospital in Lopburi province, Thailand, on June 21, 2020. Officials have worked for years to manage Lopburi's macaque population after the animals caused problems for residents and businesses.
He also apologized to residents affected by the incident and encouraged anyone whose property was damaged to report it so authorities could assess the damage and determine what assistance may be available. The monkeys have also caused problems for residents and businesses because of property damage and aggressive behavior.
Authorities have worked in recent years to reduce the monkey population through sterilization programs and by relocating some animals to Fox News Digital reached out to the Lopburi Municipality and Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Brittany Miller is a Fox News Digital breaking news writer and former Independent reporter who graduated from Syracuse University in 2023.
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