Posted on 09/06/2021 4:53:34 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Bali monkeys are raiding people's homes for food after not receiving the normal amount of treats from tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Macaque monkeys have begun hanging on residents' roofs and waiting for the opportunity to strike as they have been missing out on the bananas and peanuts normally provided to them by tourists, The Associated Press reported.
The Sangeh Monkey Forest sanctuary, located close to the villagers, is home to 600 monkeys who normally get plenty of food from the 6,000 visitors a month; however, pandemic travel restrictions have proven detrimental to Bali's tourism industry with the monkeys only seeing 500 visitors per month.
Although the monkeys are normally tame, villagers are concerned they could turn vicious due to the lack of food, according to the AP.
"We are afraid that the hungry monkeys will turn wild and vicious," villager Saskara Gustu Alit said.
The sanctuary has also had to give less food to the animals due to decreased funds from the lack of tourists, according to Made Mohon, operations manager for the sanctuary.
"This prolonged pandemic is beyond our expectations," Mohon said. "Food for monkeys has become a problem."…
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Thought this was an article on the free looting of Walgreens in broad daylight in California
Welfare monkeys. 😏
It’s a primate thing …
Start shooting them and leave their carcasses in the street and they'll get the picture.
A good illustration of Muslim invasion, don'cha' think ?
Monkeys not Muslims presently control several of the city states that were formerly American
How did Facebook tag the thread?
:)
But I agree with you.
Unintended consequences.
There is a South African air rifle enthusiast who has a Youtube channel where he posts videos of his various hunts. I guess farmers there have a major problem with monkeys and dassies.....
I have fed bananas to Balinese monkeys at the famous Ubud Monkey Forest. It’s a touristy thing. One of the monkeys grabbed my water bottle and started drinking from it. Didn’t ask for it back.
The villagers are now taking food to the monkeys in the forest in hopes that the animals stop trying to go into homes.
Those monkeys know how to work the population. Maybe we should try it!
Facebook tagged the picture:
“America’s Royal Family”.
A good 22 cal pellet rifle should cure their problem.
South African baboons are like that. Not being racist, S.A. really does have wild baboons everywhere. They’ll tear an unlocked car up.
The new Barbary Pirates. Corsair monkey squadron.
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