A stern warning was made from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department official on Friday to be careful while visiting the monkey's habitats and not to look them straight in the eyes as it could be termed a threat, the report from RTHK interview.
The statement was made after a man tested positive for uncommon Herpes B virus and is currently in critical condition as a result of the sustained injury from a wild monkey attack at a country park.
The senior officer of fauna conservation Shek Chung-tong said further that people should stay away from the acts of feeding monkeys.
He said "Don't take out food to eat in front of monkeys. Instead of holding plastic bags, store them in a backpack. Because these monkeys were often fed by people, and they might think you are feeding them if you're holding food or plastic bags. They might try to snatch it from you if you don't give it to them".
Adding in his advice to "Avoid making eye contact with monkeys as it can be seen as provocative. Also, don't approach monkeys directly as it could scare them. They may overreact when they get scared."
Hong Kong got around 200 to 300 "monkey nuisance" cases within a year in the last three years, he said.
He said that officials will advance in educating people and make efforts to sterilise monkeys.
漁農自然照護署表示，切勿直視猴子眼睛或餵食猴子
根據香港電台採訪報道，漁農自然護理署官員週五發出嚴厲警告，在參觀猴子棲息地時要小心，不要直視它們的眼睛，因為這可能被視為威脅。
一名男子在郊野公園遭到野猴襲擊後受傷，其罕見的 B 型皰疹病毒檢測呈陽性，目前情況危急，隨後發表了上述聲明。
動物保育高級官員石松棠進一步表示，市民應遠離餵食猴子的行為。
他說：「不要在猴子麵前拿出食物吃。不要拿著塑膠袋，而是把它們放在背包裡。因為這些猴子經常被餵食，如果你拿著塑膠袋，它們可能會認為你在餵它們。”食物或塑膠袋。如果你不給他們，他們可能會試圖從你手中搶走。”
他補充說，“避免與猴子進行目光接觸，因為這會被視為挑釁。此外，不要直接接近猴子，因為這可能會嚇到它們。它們害怕時可能會反應過度。”
他說，過去三年，香港一年內發生約200至300起「猴子滋擾」案件。
他說，官員將加強教育工作，並努力絕育猴子。
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