Thai town tackles marauding monkeys with plan to send them elsewhere

Cages have been left to trap monkeys in Lopburi (AP)

A Thai town run ragged by its ever-growing population of wild monkeys has launched an offensive against the simian raiders using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.

Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi in central Thailand that they have to reduce the animals’ numbers.