Monkeys in Phuket, Thailand, have been photographed playing with plastic rubbish left by tourists and one seemed to be suffocating in a plastic bag (Image: Caters)
Thailand plastic waste crisis: Monkeys drink from Coca-Cola bottles and suffocate inside carrier bags
These heartbreaking images show the devastating effect reckless tourism in Thailand is having on the local wildlife.
Litter, particularly plastic, has been strewn across the beaches and streets by careless visitors, making it all too easy for these Macaque monkeys to reach and dangerously consume.
In one of the pictures a monkey sits in a tree and appears to be suffocating on a plastic bag.
In other images, the cute creatures can be seen playing with plastic bottles and crisp packets that have been abhorrently discarded in acts of sheer mindlessness.
One Macaque monkey appears to suffocate with a plastic bag round its head (Image: Caters)
Thousands of species of animal have had their lives and homes altered by plastic waste (Image: Caters)
Other monkeys were seen holding abandoned food packets (Image: Caters)
Vast amounts of waste are left by tourists in the Asian country, many of whom are British (Image: Caters)
Another monkey drinks Coca-Cola from a bottle (Image: Caters)
Jasper Wilkins, 25, from the UK said: “Hundreds of tourists visit these areas and you can see vast amounts of waste surrounding the area that the monkeys take advantage of.
“The monkeys will sometimes fight over the plastic bags and bottles and become territorial.”
The monkeys are so used to the plastic that they now fight over it (Image: Caters)
One young monkey clutches a plastic bottle as two adults look on (Image: Caters)
(Image: Caters)
The family are engrossed by the object (Image: Caters)
Jasper, who has been in South East Asia for the last three months, said that this type of carelessness highlights how important it is for companies and governments to focus on ways to reduce plastic waste.
The man made product is clearly infiltrating the natural world, with devastating effects.
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