Thread: Lack of tourists a death sentence for monkeys

A family of long-tailed macaques was found to have drowned in a water tank near Songkhla’s Wihan Daeng Shrine on Tangkuan Hill.


It is believed that monkeys in the area are suffering from hunger and thirst now that tourists, their main source for food, have disappeared due to the pandemic. The water tanks near the shrine are not covered, so monkeys often fall in when trying to drink water and are unable to climb out due to the depth of the tanks. Local officials who came to find the source of bad smell emanating from the tanks found up to 30 monkey carcasses, some floating and some sunk to the bottom.

Lack of tourists a death sentence for monkeys

At home I leave pieces of wood in the water butts to make a ramp so that lizards, ghekos and tookays can climb out if they fall in. We've had no drowned animals since.

Would it not be possible to leave rope ladders, or even just a knotted rope, hanging into the water tanks so the monkeys can climb out if they fall in? It sounds like it's a regular occurrence.

Monkeys are very smart i would put a ladder in the tank , just joking

blame the tourists,another cop out for the locals and the temple residents,that benerfit from tourists dollars.

Amazing Thailand.