Thailand's 'escape from the planet' and British deer surge...COVID-19 is to blame?

[Anchor]
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the fallout remains in the relationship between humans and wildlife.

In Thailand, monkeys produce situations such as the movie 'The Planet of the Apes', and in Britain, wild deer have become the most common since the past millennium.

For some reason, reporter Hong Ju-ye reports.

[Reporter]
Monkeys calmly steal and eat fruits from the car's loading dock.

When the car owner throws the fruit bag far away, other monkeys quickly gather.

Lopburi, about 150 kilometers from Bangkok, Thailand, was originally famous for its "monkey city," but now monkeys are a headache.

Some residents occupy empty houses, fight among themselves, and attack people, so they carry slingshots for safety.

[Jirat Buapromat / Lobburi Resident: We have to be confined to our homes every day, and we are not free inside our homes.]

As people's feeding was cut off during the COVID-19 lockdown, hungry monkeys became rougher.

Authorities have started to control the population by performing neutering surgery on monkeys, but it is questionable whether it will be a fundamental solution.

[Edwin Wick / Founder of the Thai Wildlife Conservation Foundation]: I want to call on the government, especially the local government, to stop the nonsense immediately and find long-term solutions. We need to neutralize non-male females.]

The number of wild deer in the UK has risen to 2 million, the highest in a thousand years.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced deer hunting and closed restaurants that consume venison.

[Benricby / Deer meat vendor: Deer meat consumption plummeted as restaurants and bars closed and hotels closed. In the meantime, deer have been able to reproduce in large quantities.]

Deer eat young trees, damaging forests and damaging crops.

COVID-19 Pandemic Known to Have Initially Spurred From Human-Wild Animal Contact,
Even after the end of
, it affects the lives of wildlife, leaving humans with the task of finding a smart way to coexist.

I'm Hong Joo Ye of YTN.

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