
At first they were successful, managing to catch some 500 monkeys daily, but now the monkeys have caught on to their tactics. Kamtaptim said that catching the macaques is no longer an easy feat. “As soon as they see our faces they remember. They know what we’re going to do,” says Kamtaptim. “In some groups, the head of the group tries to stop their clan from going into the cage.” He said that now, managing to capture a mere 20 monkeys is proving to be a challenge.