India: Sterilizing monkeys disturbed the city

India is preparing to implement a sterilization plan for the red-tailed monkey that is increasingly crowded and rioting in cities.

On November 18, Indian officials said they were trying to suspend red macaque when the rapidly increasing number of the species was becoming a serious problem for residents of the cities. Big across India, causing great conflict between people and monkeys.

During the rapid urbanization process in this country, the forests gradually disappeared, and the red-ass monkey was forced into the cities to seek food and shelter.

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Red gorillas are rioting on Indian streets.(Photo: Kenh14)

Professor PC Tyagi of the Indian Institute of Wildlife said: 'Now people do not dare to leave the house because the monkeys are trying to steal clothes and bite them .' This is also the reason for this agency to implement it. Plan for red ass monkeys to take antidepressant drugs.

Thousands of red-ass monkeys are still wandering the streets of New Delhi every day to get food, even snatching food from passersby. Earlier this year, city officials arranged larger black-faced monkeys to scare off red-tailed macaques, but this measure was banned.

With this new plan, Indian officials will sterilize the monkeys that they catch, while mixing assorted drugs into food for other monkeys.

Mr. Tyagi said: 'One of the main advantages of this measure is that we do not need surgery. If there's a dose problem, we can quickly adjust it. "

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The red monkey in India will be sterilized with the drug mixed in food.(Photo: nytimes)

This hyperactive animal has become a painful problem in India for many years. In 2012, the New York Times said: 'The number of monkeys in the capital Delhi has become so crowded and aggressive throughout the city that the Supreme Court of India has entrusted officials with implementing a population control plan. number of monkeys ".

According to the National Red Monkey Research Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rapid adaptability and familiarity with urban life have made the conflict between humans and monkeys in cities become increasingly stress.

In 2008, the Hong Kong government faced a similar problem and they had to apply birth control measures to monkeys that became increasingly aggressive. According to the results of a study conducted four years later, the number of monkeys here has decreased by 15%.

The Thai government has also begun to take action to control monkey populations by sterilizing a certain number of male monkeys in 2009. Government officials said the plan has benefited the species monkeys and humans.

Expert Juthamas Sumanam said: 'When the number of monkeys increases too much, they will not have enough food or shelter, and humans and monkeys will all have trouble solving.'