Goodbye, marauding monkeys


No more monkeying around: A worker chasing monkeys away in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok. — AP

A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys has launched an offensive against the simian raiders using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.

Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi, central Thailand, that they had to reduce the animals’ numbers.

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