![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys eat rambutan inside a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f38d64a349d04a08890421a2ee32c1fc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys eat rambutan inside a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys eat banana in a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7ef60c190522457d8c6e05d692dcf5df/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys eat banana in a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey eats rambutan in a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/31402888e5624805a421ac729b2af864/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey eats rambutan in a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey eats rambutan on a sign in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e114a79afb6e4f1887395880ffd29bbd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey eats rambutan on a sign in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey eats banana inside a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/81bd6c502be24e01a6fec7c9c5a7a412/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey eats banana inside a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys climb on a cage fencing a spirit house in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/36e370fd168e409995e86e50aa1f4e86/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys climb on a cage fencing a spirit house in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Thai officers carry a cage after trapping monkeys into a truck in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3b03c856ac3a4e28ad212a04a5fac096/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Thai officers carry a cage after trapping monkeys into a truck in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys sit on traffic lights in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/84d723eaa0c6435190d82365dbcc1a38/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys sit on traffic lights in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys climb a billboard in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a1aaf7169d9e4ed7a44eb80e054baaee/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys climb a billboard in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys sleep on a table after being anesthetized in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0e24a9046c9145ad841f412a3cc2f0d6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys sleep on a table after being anesthetized in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys eat rambutan inside a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/44f5128e7f0f400186e37040ed3f3b84/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys eat rambutan inside a cage set up in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A Thai officer throws rambutan into a cage in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9991326e25c240d49cfb08167c9f1429/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Thai officer throws rambutan into a cage in an attempt to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys climb a building in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/18bab0af431e407593e997422d2af99b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys climb a building in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A veterinarian shaves hair of a monkey before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/78e521ed31404e84824e1e4fb6ce1086/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A veterinarian shaves hair of a monkey before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey tries to get inside a house through a fence in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4b4cb5b07dca483b97f2bd690ac25151/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey tries to get inside a house through a fence in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Veterinarian shave hair of monkeys before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/261f726df05b4b89983d8c2c39928b1f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Veterinarian shave hair of monkeys before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys climb a roof of a building in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3716ab1eb84545fe958c2d5dac1ed205/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys climb a roof of a building in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys are caged on a truck after being trapped in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d82f68d465944f4fae78f4985f08dafc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys are caged on a truck after being trapped in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey climbs a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/79b8e790753d4bd48e394325d290491c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey climbs a big temporary cage after being relocated in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys eat rambutan in a cage which was set to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d828e8e2e16447a4b47a8090967f3134/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys eat rambutan in a cage which was set to trap monkeys in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Veterinarians shave hair of monkeys before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a5185cdfed3e426f9a3187f55cd7f4ad/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Veterinarians shave hair of monkeys before anesthesia in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys are caged on a truck after bing trapped in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ffdd8be7af0c4120af51488c335a92f5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys are caged on a truck after bing trapped in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A customer on motorcycle makes an order at an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b4dd79c6916b456c8169dfbc350e4d2e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A customer on motorcycle makes an order at an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Monkeys sit around cages which were set up in an attempt to trap them in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ac47bbdb963b494a82d8485598aac681/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Monkeys sit around cages which were set up in an attempt to trap them in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A worker chases monkeys away from a customer in front of an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/47c932f7b47f4d9d9dcca04da0f85d51/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A worker chases monkeys away from a customer in front of an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A monkey climbs on a truck in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7d5605adcfc441188e1af6a5e6628df3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A monkey climbs on a truck in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit A worker chases monkeys away from a customer at an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7ecf6f0be3404a5789208a82faee43c4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A worker chases monkeys away from a customer at an auto-part shop in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)