Hungry Monkeys Are Stealing Food From People In Thailand

Monkeys are rampaging through a city in Thailand - overrunning the streets, climbing on cars and stealing from people. The primates roam freely through Lopburi, where there are an estimated 6,000 of them in a population of just 70,000 people. Hundreds of tourists used to visit the area every day to feed the monkeys but the Covid-19 coronavirus travel ban introduced in March has stopped their source of food. Following the drop in visitors, footage emerged showing the primates getting into a mass brawl over bananas after the supply dwindles. Since then, they have been given sugary snacks and junk food by locals but the diet has made them breed faster and many have become violent. Video from June 26 shows the animals attacking locals, stealing a boy’s face mask, grabbing food from passing cars, fighting and invading a local shop. The fearless species rules the streets around the Prang Sam Yod temple in the centre of Lopburi, patrolling the tops of walls and brazenly ripping the rubber seals