Living in harmony with wildlife

For the past three months, members of the Macaque Protection Volunteer Team from Taoyuan Subdistrict in Nanshan have dedicated their weekends and holidays to educating visitors about the importance of protecting these wild animals at the park. They advise against feeding or provoking the macaques, emphasizing the need to minimize human interference in their natural habitat to support their survival and reproduction. According to the park, it has about 20 wild macaques, and over the past two years, incidents of macaques attacking people have increased with the rise in the number of people feeding them.

Volunteers halt tourists at Tanglang Mountain Country Park in Nanshan District due to a wild macaque sitting in the middle of the road. Photos by Liu Xudong

Volunteers halt tourists at Tanglang Mountain Country Park in Nanshan District.

A tourist takes photos of a wild macaque.

Volunteers halt tourists at Tanglang Mountain Country Park in Nanshan District.

A tourist takes photos of the wild macaque.

Volunteers halt tourists at Tanglang Mountain Country Park in Nanshan District due to a wild macaque sitting in the middle of the road.

Tourists take photos of the wild macaques.