Guest guest Posted July 6, 2002 Report Share Posted July 6, 2002 ***************************Advertisement*************************** TechCentral http://star-techcentral.com ***************************************************************** This message was forwarded to you by yitzeling. Comment from sender: This article is from thestar.com.my URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/7/5/nation/jhmonkey & sec=nation ________________________ Friday, July 5, 2002 Troublesome monkeys to be relocated By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH MUAR: The Wildlife and National Parks Department has trapped about 100 monkeys from a coastal village here & #150; to be relocated to Maukil forest, near Bukit Kepong & #150; over the past two weeks. Muar Wildlife and National Parks officer Maskan Kaswadi said the animals were among several hundred monkeys, which had been causing problems to residents in Kampung Seri Pantai. & #147;The village is located close to a mangrove swamp and the place is overrun with monkeys which are not afraid of people. & #147;They would enter people & #146;s homes to look for food while the bigger ones would even run off with the rice pots and other food containers into the swampy area, & #148; he told reporters after trapping 13 monkeys yesterday. Maskan said the villagers could no longer tolerate the monkeys and they complained to Muar MP Dr Robia Kosai who allocated two traps to the village last month. The traps, huge boxes of metal sheets, each measuring about 3m high and 1.5m wide with a door on one side, were set up at two strategic spots in the village, he said. He said they then put fruits and coconuts inside the box to attract the monkeys and managed to trap over 90 monkeys so far and relocated them to the forest near Bukit Kepong. <!-- Page: 16 --> ________________________ Your one-stop information portal: The Star Online http://thestar.com.my http://biz.thestar.com.my http://classifieds.thestar.com.my http://cards.thestar.com.my http://search.thestar.com.my http://star-motoring.com http://star-space.com http://star-jobs.com http://star-ecentral.com http://star-techcentral.com 1995-2002 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Star Publications is prohibited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.