Monkeys trapped
Shenton Thomas De Silva
AFTER years of putting up with monkeys, residents of Kampung Parit Pechah at the Muar-Batu Pahat border are finally fighting back.
With the help of the Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department, they snared 20 monkeys within three days last week through specially installed traps.
Village head Reduan Samin, however, felt that there are at least 200 monkeys still roaming in the area.
The monkeys have been destroying commercial crops like bananas and tapioca trees for years.
Villagers also claimed that the primates come into their homes looking for food.
Reduan said although catching monkeys is the job of the department, the villagers were happy to assist as the department is facing a shortage of manpower.
To help the department and also protect his crops, Reduan set up traps at various places with the hope that his effort will reduce the number of monkeys.
"Before setting up the traps, my bananas and lemon grass were damaged by the monkeys.
"Now, because of the traps the monkey population has reduced, but the problem has not gone away," he said.
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