Rangers and police in Ho Chi Minh City tranquilized and caught four monkeys which rampaged through residential areas in Tan Binh District, Go Vap District, District 12, and Hoc Mon District this week.

The four were relocated to Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station in the namesake district for care before being released back to nature.

In particular, forces in District 12 on Saturday morning ensnared a pig-tailed macaque which ran amok a residential area and attacked at least two people in the district.

A local in Trung My Tay Ward told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that over the past few months, the primate had rampaged through the area.

It was unclear where the ape came from.

The monkey initially climbed trees and picked fruits, or stole religious offerings to eat, but after that, it became angry and aggressive, attacking people when it saw them.

The wild animal bit the legs of at least two women.

Due to its danger, locals reported the case to authorities.

Rangers and police in the ward anesthetized the monkey, weighing some 7.5 kilograms, and captured it on Saturday.

On the same day, rangers and police officers in Tan Hiep Commune under Hoc Mon District anesthetized a long-tailed monkey, estimated to weigh six kilograms, as it reportedly vandalized some households in the commune.

Earlier on Monday, the Wildlife Rescue Station under the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department teamed up with authorities in Ward 10 under Tan Binh District trapped and caught a pig-tailed macaque weighing nearly 14.5 kilograms while the ape was vandalizing a pagoda and stealing food there.

Rangers and authorities in Ward 17, Go Vap District on the same day tranquilized a long-tailed monkey, estimated to weigh some 15 kilograms, after it was found going berserk and causing trouble to several households on Nguyen Oanh Street.

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