Plan to cut monkey menace shot down

Manila: The local environment and natural resources protection agency has turned down a proposal by a governor to use Philippine Eagles as a measure to keep the monkey population in check.

Provincial environment and natural resources officer Robin Tumolva said that as much as they would like to offer a natural solution to control the local monkey population in Maripipi, central Philippines, the island may not be big enough for both the eagle and the macaque.

"The Island of Maripipi would be too small an area for the eagles," Tumolva said.

Earlier, Governor Rogelio Espina proposed the use of the Philippine Eagle also known as the "monkey eating eagle," as a natural means to control the proliferation of the local monkey population.