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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Grab the monkey and swing it against the pole.
Then kill the filthy beasts. Monkeys are disgusting little hell spawn.
Take a small pumpkin and fill it with cooked ground beef, rice, bell pepper and sun dried tomato to resemble blood clots. Bake and feed to grand kids and call it monkey brains.
Monkeys are protected species there although macaques are listed as “least concern” internationally.
Monkeys are serious agricultural pests in many places. In India they’ve been declared legally vermin in a number of districts which means they can be legally killed.
Bail monkeys raid homes for food after attack…
A lot of welfare recipients act the same way. They have signs posted in a lot of places not to feed the animals.
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