Because of “Corona” .. monkeys invade homes on the island of Bali

Before Corona, visitors to Sangee Monkey Park were serving bananas and peanuts to macaques.

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In the absence of tourists who often fed the monkeys in a park on the Indonesian island of Bali, the monkeys have resorted to invading residents' homes for food.

The macaques at Sangei Monkey Park in Badung usually served bananas and peanuts, but since the start of the Corona pandemic, which closed the island of Bali, macaques have relied on leftover food from park workers, according to Madi Mohon, the park's manager.

"We still feed her bananas and cassava, but it seems that she wants food from the tourists," he said.

He added, "Some monkeys always invaded the residents' homes, but since there were no visitors who would give them fruit and peanuts, more of them dared to invade."

Madi said he had launched a public appeal for donations, and urged authorities to allow a limited number of visitors to the park.

"We are afraid that if the monkeys don't interact with people for a long time, they will become aggressive when we reopen our doors to visitors," he said.

Madi noted that the cost of feeding the 600 monkeys in the park is 500,000 rupees ($35), but the park has been facing financial difficulties since it closed its doors during the height of the pandemic last year.

The park opened its doors last June, but was forced to close again after a very large increase in new cases of coronavirus in Java and Bali due to the delta strain.

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