Need for peaceful coexistence between man and macaque

KOTA KINABALU: Macaques are posing a growing problem in Sabah as they are now increasingly coming into contact with humans, with the Sabah Wildlife Department also at a loss on how to minimise human-wildlife conflicts.

“If we put up traps and say we catch more than a dozen of them, that is all we will get. The others will never enter the same trap again.