| Macaque around power lines treated and relocated | |
| Long tailed Macaques are common around Petchaburi City and often during the first half of the year the males are on the look out for new groups to join. Problem is however that the fragmentation of forests and the ever growing human population make it impossible for some males to find a new group around and they get lost... We rescue, treat and relocate often macaques in trouble, and the pictures hereunder show just one example of such an operation.
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A fully grown male macaque on the power lines in a suburb of Petchaburi. He is lucky to be still alive as he was so close to high voltage for such a long time. |
| After darting the monkey it takes usually up to 6 minutes until he is asleep. We can then move him down the lines. |
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A full physical check up takes place in our mobile wildlife clinic that is sponsored by "Care for the Wild International" and this time some burning wounds were found, also a shot wound that was a few weeks old. |
| Pranom the head animal keeper is stand by during the check up in the back of the vehicle. |
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One of the wounds found was cleaned, antibiotics were administered and time was given to the monkey to wake up and to be returned to the wild. |
| 5 hours
after the initial rescue and treatment the monkey was released on a
suitable site near a mangrove forest away from the human population.
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