Hundreds Of Monkeys Take Over A Village After Tourism Plan Backfires. [Photos]

A small village (Xianfeng) in Panzhihua City, China -has been overrun by hundreds of macaques following a failed tourism project years back. 13 years ago, in order to develop tourism, 73 monkeys were introduced to the village, now the population has grown to over 600.

The tourism project failed; however, the monkeys have gotten used to living there. A "money disaster" has stricken this poor village of less than 300 people.

Locals were hoping the monkeys would disappear without food however the macaques seemed to like their new home. They wreaked havoc in the village, eating crops , causing damage to homes and even biting visitors. 

Macquaes are a class 2 national protected species and so the problem has to be treated delicately. 

Experts were brought in to trap 300 of the animals and send them away however the rest are determined to stay.