A Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation personnel draws an identification tattoo on a long-tailed macaque's chin before a sterilisation procedure, as officials start capturing monkeys in Lopburi, Thailand, May 24, 2024. In May, local authorities stepped up the push against unruly monkeys, including boosting sterilisation efforts that began during the pandemic. "Our goal is to neuter all the monkeys, 100 percent of them," local veterinarian Patarapol Maneeorn from the government wildlife department said in September. The monkeys would then be put into a designated area where they will be looked after, he said. Five months after the start of the government's campaign, Lopburi's primate pandemonium has finally come under control, with around 1,600 monkeys in captivity. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
