Macaques run amok in Thai town
The monkeys are invading residential areas, shops in search of food in Phetchaburi.
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The monkeys are invading residential areas, shops in search of food in Phetchaburi.
PHETCHABURI: Plans are being made to relocate the large population of rascally macaques at Phra Nakhon Khiri, or Khao Wang, historical park in Muang district to a place where they can live more naturally and annoy no-one, provincial governor Natthachai Nampoonsuksan said.
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