In Thailand, a wild monkey broke into a house and bit and killed a man in his 60s. There is growing anxiety among tourists who are about to travel to Thailand at the end of the year that “monkeys are no longer tourism resources but risk factors.”
According to the Daily Mail and other foreign media on the 8th, a man living in Yarra, southern Thailand, was found dead at his home on the 6th with dozens of bites left on his body. Lying against the wall, he held a metal rod in his hand, which police believe was used by him to chase after the monkey. There were also dried blood and animal footprints around the body.
An autopsy showed that two to three days had passed since his death, and there was no sign of murder. The monkey in question was reportedly staring down at the ceiling structure of the house when the nephew confirmed the body, and when the police arrived at the scene. The local authorities ordered the monkey to be killed.
Villagers testified, “It was usually violent, chasing female monkeys and attacking people,” adding, “I bit him on the shoulder 10 days ago, and recently rushed to a family and eventually moved out.”
Such “monkey crime” is becoming more serious not only in Thailand but also throughout Asia. In September, a group of wild monkeys kidnapped a two-month-old baby and plunged the baby into a drum filled with water, and the baby died.
The Thai provincial government has already entered the stage of putting in public power. Last year, Thailand’s Lopburi province established a team to suppress monkeys and even allowed them to physically suppress them by using slingshots and capture frames for animals. Previously, they were captured only with sedatives, but as the number of people were attacked while the medicine worked, it continued.
Local media pointed out, “Monkeys have become city occupiers in tourist attractions.” It was caused by tourists’ free feeding for a long time, and the number of attacks in the city center in search of food increased rapidly after the decrease in tourists during the COVID-19 period.
Monkeys steal mobile phones, food, and store items, get on cars and go on a rampage, and hundreds of them “zoning bickering” on city roads, causing traffic jams.
SALLY LEE
US ASIA JOURNAL
