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本地工作：猴子絕育計劃和海馬普查及標籤計劃

Local Efforts: Monkey Contraceptive Programme and Seahorse Survey
and Tagging Project

保育工作與成果 – 猴子 Conservation efforts and achievements — Monkey
人類餵飼是導致在金山、獅子山及城門郊野公園 Food from humans is one of the factors contributing to the rapid
出沒的猴子數量迅速增加和數量過多的原因之一。 rise and overpopulation of monkeys in Kam Shan, Lion Rock
早於一九九九年，漁護署已禁止市民餵飼猴子， and Shing Mun Country Parks. Since 1999, monkey feeding has
從而鼓勵牠們返回大自然覓取天然食物，避免在 been prohibited by AFCD to encourage macaques to return to the
郊野公園邊緣覓食並進入民居。儘管如此，某些 countryside for natural food instead of foraging on the edges of
country parks and entering human settlement areas. Nevertheless,
猴子仍然習慣與人類相處和偏好人類提供的食物。 some remain accustomed to people and human food. Human-
人與猴子的互動不時引起衝突，例如襲擊、棲息地 monkey interactions occasionally result in conflicts such as attacks,
被破壞和交通事故等。 habitat deterioration and traffic accidents.

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Monkey Contraceptive Programme

Since 2009, OPCFHK has been working with AFCD and Ocean
Park to help manage the local monkey population – estimated at
2,000 individuals – via a contraceptive programme. The programme
involves trapping troops of monkeys once every two weeks, with
lower frequency during hot summer months. Adult and sub-adult
monkeys are then selected for endoscopic tubectomy or vasectomy.
Although this procedure makes the animals infertile, the gonads
(ovaries and testicles) remain intact, allowing for normal sexual
behaviour.
The programme has successfully reduced the birth rate of monkeys
© Alexandra Wong from over 60% in 2009 to around 30% in recent years. In 2018/19,
46 females and 40 males residing at country parks have been
猴子絕育計劃 sterilised, and a total of 1,316 females and 247 males have been
sterilised since the launch of the programme.
自二零零九年起，保育基金一直與漁護署和海洋公園
通力合作，透過絕育計劃控制本地猴子的數量（約
為二千隻）。此計劃每兩星期誘捕猴子一次，而在
夏季誘捕頻率則較低。成年和青年猴子會被挑選
進行內視鏡微創輸卵管或輸精管結紮手術。儘管此
手術令猴子永久絕育，但性腺分泌（即卵巢或睾丸）
仍完好無損，讓牠們可以正常地交配。

此計劃成功將猴子出生率降低一半以上，從二零
零九年的六成，降至近年的三成左右。在二零一八
至一九年度，出沒在幾個郊野公園的四十六隻雌性
和四十隻雄性猴子已被絕育。自計劃啟動以來，
共有一千三百一十六隻雌性和二百四十七名雄性
猴子被絕育。

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