Taoyuan woman ambushed by macaque monkey
Taoyuan woman ambushed by macaque monkey
2026-06-29
In Taoyuan’s Guishan District, a woman was caring for her potted plant when she was suddenly assailed by a macaque monkey. With other recent victims including chickens and dogs, the city’s Department of Agriculture has already intervened in order to help local residents deal with the area’s increasing macaque population.
Her head down, engrossed in her work, this woman is suddenly attacked by a monkey. This macaque monkey claws at and bites her back, causing the woman to scream in pain.
Victim
Macaque attack
I was pointed to the side like this, and the monkey rushed at me from this way. Maybe it was because it saw me over there, so that’s why it attacked me.
Family member
Macaque attack
There’s a monkey that gets on the roof, running back and forth, back and forth. When there’s nothing to eat, it’ll jump down and head back. We had a Japanese breed of chicken get bitten to death; the bird’s feathers were all yanked out.
The incident took place in Taoyuan’s Maple Tree Village, which is located in Guishan District. Macaques are often seen in this area, sometimes even a group of them lines up on a roof. These monkeys have attacked chickens, harassed dogs, and this time one of them has even attacked a human, resulting in a wound that’s about 5cm long. The victim recently had surgery on her sciatic nerve, and the incision on that side ended up getting infected. The infected tissue had to be removed at a hospital.
Hsieh Ming
Taoyuan Department of Agriculture
Because of this incident last week in Guishan District’s Maple Tree Valley, where a macaque injured a resident, we’ve already taught the residents some wildlife interaction concepts, and we investigated the site of the incident. We’ll be doing a follow-up evaluation in which we’ll determine how to trap and relocate the animal; we’ll also seek to reduce the amount of food and kitchen waste local residents leave outside so that wild animals will be less likely to rely on human food.
In order to deal with the mountainous area’s growing population of macaques, and thereby prevent another attack, Taoyuan’s Department of Agriculture has already placed traps that contain a tasty treat: fruit.
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桃園龜山民眾在家遭猴突襲 背留"5公分傷口"怵目驚心
2026-06-29
桃園龜山竟有獼猴出沒攻擊人，有民眾在家中整理盆栽，沒想到一隻獼猴從背後突襲，民眾背後留下4-5公分的傷口，而且細菌感染，必須清創，光看就怵目驚心，山上的猴群，先前還會攻擊飼養的雞、拔毛來玩，目前已經通報，避免再有獼猴傷人。
女子低頭工作，沒想到一隻獼猴，突然跑過來，直接鋪上她的後背，又抓又咬，讓女子痛到不停尖叫。
[[當事人]]
“因為我人是側這一邊，然後是往這邊衝下來，然後可能看到我在那邊吧，就直接攻擊我”
[[家屬]]
“牠屋頂會跑來跑去啊，一直跑跑跑，沒有東西可以吃，就跳回去啊，那個日本雞給牠咬死，毛拔拔拔”
事發在桃園龜山區楓樹坑，當地常有獼猴出沒，有時候在屋頂站整排，不但攻擊雞，還會戲弄狗，這回居然攻擊人，仔細看長長一條傷痕，大約5公分，受害者的坐骨神經才開完刀，現在又被獼猴攻擊，導致傷口細菌感染，還要清創。
[[桃園市政府農業局科長 謝銘]]
“因為這個龜山區，楓樹坑附近這個，獼猴抓傷民眾的事件後，那在上週的部分，我們已經有對民眾進行衛教，而且有去現場，查看情況了，那後續我們會評估，來進行了誘捕事宜，然後減少居家食物的外露，或是廚餘的外露，來減少野生動物，對人類食物的依賴”
山上的獼猴越來越多，農業局已派人到現場放籠子，裡面還有水果誘捕，就是要避免再有人被攻擊。
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