Swimming pools built for monkeys in Lop Buri to prevent aggression from heat

With Thailand entering the summer season, macaque monkeys in the country’s “Monkey City,” Lop Buri, have a swimming pool to cool them off – and to prevent another as the war between the groups of macaques. As temperatures rise, so do tempers, and hot weather has possibly played a part in the massive clashes between groups of hundreds of monkeys.

There have been a few so-called “monkey wars” in Lop Buri over the past two years where hundreds of monkeys swarmed the streets in a massive fight. In Lop Buri, there are two main groups of monkeys – the monkeys that occupy the temple ruins in the city centre and the monkeys that occupy the streets. Some speculate the two groups clashed due to aggression from hunger or heat.

To avoid another monkey war, the provincial authorities built a new water pond and a robe ladder for the monkeys to enjoy their summer. The provincial…