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Figure 5.2. Home ranges of the five groups of long-tailed macaques (shading areas)
and the provisioning sites (*) in the Old City area, Lopburi Province.
interface and who could provide a general overview of the current situation and
attitudes, as well as insight into their specific role within the interface. Topics
discussed during the interviews included; locations of macaques, interaction
types, participants and stakeholder groups involved in interactions, persons
and organizations involved in management concerning this interface, manage-
ment initiatives relating to the interface, and general human attitudes towards
the macaques. An outline of the pilot interview questions asked is described
(see Appendix 5.3 ). However, the respondents were encouraged to add more
detail, particularly where they had in-depth knowledge in any topic or to give
any additional information they felt would be useful to this study. A total of
nine people were interviewed.
Visual observations
Visual surveys were conducted between July and September 2009 and Decem-
ber 2009 and February 2010. Using the map generated from interview responses
as a guide, demarking all the areas in the Old City area where respondents
claimed to have seen macaques, four full days (dawn-dusk), selected at ran-
dom, were dedicated to surveying the area for macaque presence. Macaque
sightings were recorded using a global positioning system (GPS) and the
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