Phan Vi Quang, 50, from Binh Chanh District’s Le Minh Xuan Commune said he was given three small monkeys six years ago. Then as they grow, they became more aggressive towards strangers. Fearing what they could do, he caged them.
The monkeys have been rescued to be released tot the wild
A short time later, a female pig-tailed macaque suddenly appeared in front of his family’s monkey cage, so he added it to his collection.
After that, the female pig-tailed macaque gave birth to a baby monkey, raising the troop to five.
"The monkeys are quite gentle to us, but fierce to strangers. I worry that they could attack our neighbours, so I decided to hand them over to the city’s Department of Forest Protection,” he added.
To capture the animals, the forest management forces used anaesthetic darts. The monkeys have been taken to Cu Chi District’s wild animal rescue centre before being released into the wild.
