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Introduction
Southern Thailand figures prominently into the plans of most travellers who come to this amazing Southeast Asian country, yet Nakhon Si Thammarat manages to slide under the radar somehow. This city is nothing like Surat Thani or Chumphon, both nondescript working-class towns which serve as little more than travel hubs.
With an impressive city wall, detailed national museum, and an expansive Buddhist temple which is almost 600 years old, it is a place which doesn’t get near enough love from visitors to the region. If you are looking to get off the beaten track in Thailand’s south, start here.
Khao Wang monkeys for mass sterilisation
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published : 10 Mar 2021 at 14:10
7 A veterinarian sterilises a monkey at Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park, in Phetchaburi, on Wednesday. (Photo: Chaiwat Sadyaem)
PHETCHABURI: Veterinarians on Wednesday began a mass sterilisation of the huge monkey population at Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park, better known locally as Khao Wang.
The team from the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department hopes to control the number of the long-tailed macaques there.
The animals abound in such numbers they annoy local residents, stealing food and damaging houses, and often scare tourists visiting the archaelogical site.
They have also caused road accidents, with death and injury to humans and animals.