A tourist at Shoushan Zoo hit a monkey with an umbrella and the Agriculture Bureau will handle it according to law

Tourists at Shoushan Zoo hit monkeys with umbrellas. (provided by the public)

People visited Shoushan Zoo and saw tourists chasing macaques and even hitting their heads with umbrellas. The video was widely circulated today, and netizens criticized it as a wrong example. The Agriculture Bureau stated today that although Taiwanese macaques are not protected wild animals, they are still wild animals regulated by the Wildlife Conservation Act. The case will be clarified based on the evidence, and the illegal facts will be confirmed and handled in accordance with relevant regulations.

People witnessed tourists chasing macaques at Shoushan Zoo and even hitting the macaques on the head with umbrellas. They posted on the Threads online community and said they helped the monkeys to observe a few moments of silence. The monkeys looked very sad, which aroused heated discussions among netizens. Netizens criticized the monkey-beating tourists for setting a wrong example and engaging in bad behavior with children. It was really bad and excessive.

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The Agriculture Bureau said that although Taiwanese macaques are not protected wild animals, they are still wild animals regulated by the Wildlife Conservation Act. If the public intentionally harasses, abuses or harms wild animals, they will be clarified based on the location of the incident, behavior and relevant evidence, and the relevant regulations will be followed after confirming the illegal facts.

The Agriculture Bureau stated that the Shoushan area is an important habitat for Taiwanese macaques. Since the range of human activities highly overlaps with the habitat space of macaques, the chances of human-monkey contact are high. When people encounter macaques that suddenly approach or compete for food, they may take defensive actions due to nervousness or anticipation.

The city government calls on the public to keep calm and keep a proper distance when encountering macaques, and avoid chasing, provoking or attacking with objects. It will continue to ask volunteers and relevant personnel in the park to strengthen publicity on the correct way to interact with wild animals and self-protection, guide tourists to respond to the approach of macaques in appropriate ways, and reduce human-monkey conflicts.

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