Efforts on to put nagging macaques under control

A troop of macaques has been caught on camera raiding a village in southern China recently, sparking concerns about the balance between wildlife conservation and human-wildlife coexistence.

Videos shared on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, show dozens of monkeys swinging from power lines, scaling walls and feasting on crops laid out to dry in the sun in Baoxian village in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The macaque is a national second-class protected wild animal in China. They primarily inhabit dense forests or rocky mountains with sparse vegetation near cliffs, valleys alongside streams and riverbanks. Their diet consists of leaves, tender branches and wild vegetables.