Watermelons found near killed monkeys in Thailand tested for poison

Half-eaten watermelons - found near the area where 20 long-tailed macaques were found dead in Rayong's Klaeng district - are being tested to determine if they were laced with poison, a source at the provincial forestry office said on Thursday.

Officials and local villagers suspect that a farmer might have laced the watermelons with poison to harm long-tailed macaques that have recently intruded on farms, a source said.

Klaeng precinct superintendent Pil Colonel Chaiyapong Saengpongchai said that police were investigating.

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