<p><b> by Andrew Caringi</b></p><p>Meet the monkey squad.<p>An Indonesian task force in the small town of Java has one target: managing monkeys.</p><p>The small town has been terrorized, with 13 residents attacked by wild primates during a six-day span. In response, the task force uses air rifles and traps to control, but not kill, an out-of-control monkey population.</p><p>Animal protection activists say the long-tailed macaque monkeys, whose main mission is stealing food, are raiding homes and gardens for survival. Large-scale commercial logging has decimated their natural habitat of teak and pine forests. And that leaves them hungry and desperate.</p><p>Once the marauding monkeys are caught, they are brought to a monkey sanctuary. And although they may get the food they need, the monkeys lose the freedom they deserve.</p></p><br /> <p>The post Indonesian Town Creates Police Task Force To Fight Monkeys</a> appeared first on Vocativ</a>.</p>
