Monkey Buffet Festival

[1] In 2007, the festival included giving fruits and vegetables to the local monkey population of 2,000 crab-eating macaques in Lopburi Province north of Bangkok.

[3] A photograph from the Monkey Buffet Festival at Phra Prang Sam Yod temple in Lopburi Province shows a monkey trying to get at fresh fruits and vegetables embedded in blocks of ice.

[4] By 2024, the monkey population had grown to 3,000, leading to significant conflict with human residents.

Monkeys were snatching bags, stealing drinks, and rummaging through homes in search of food.

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