{"id":347682,"date":"2026-06-08T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=347682"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:52:34","slug":"boy-seven-mauled-to-death-by-his-pet-monkey-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/boy-seven-mauled-to-death-by-his-pet-monkey-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, seven, mauled to death by his pet monkey | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Neighbours heard the screeches of the monkey because it continued to attack the young boy (Picture: Viral Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A schoolboy has succumbed to his injuries after being mauled by his pet monkey named Choke. <\/p>\n

Seven-year-old\u00a0Ekkarat\u00a0Srichan\u00a0was playing outside his home when the four-year-old monkey began to attack and bite him.<\/p>\n

Neighbours heard the screeches of the monkey because it continued to attack the young boy.<\/p>\n

Relatives arrived to search out Ekkarat covered in wounds and the family\u2019s pet monkey with blood dripping from its teeth. <\/p>\n

The monkey was still tethered to a bamboo pole, but with a rope long enough to permit it to wander freely.<\/p>\n

Ekkarat\u00a0was rushed to Sichon Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead in Nakhon Si Thammarat on June 6.<\/p>\n

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The monkey is now on the run (Picture: Viral Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The boy\u2019s grandfather released the killer monkey, which he had previously rescued from a roadside, but police and wildlife employees are actually trying to find the beast amid fears it could attack other residents.<\/p>\n

Ekkarat\u2019s mother, Daranee\u00a0Srichan, 27, said the macaque\u2019s long fangs had pierced through the boy\u2019s lung.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018The doctor told me my son couldn\u2019t survive since the monkey\u2019s bite punctured his lung and hit an important area. If it hadn\u2019t struck that spot, he would have been alright.<\/p>\n

\u2018My husband initially said that\u00a0Ekkarat\u00a0had only been bitten on the leg, but once I saw him on the hospital, I discovered he had also suffered a bite to his right ribcage. I won\u2019t keep any more monkeys. If I do, my other son won’t survive.\u2019<\/p>\n

Residents said the vicious male macaque was known to be aggressive, growling and baring its fangs each time strangers got here close.<\/p>\n

Neighbours claimed it had previously attacked a stray cat which wandered too close <\/p>\n

Law enforcement officials have since situated the deadly monkey, however it was so aggressive that wildlife experts with tranquiliser guns have been called in to assist.<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s grandfather, Jaroon, said he had rescued the monkey in 2022, but said he now regrets his decision after it cost him his grandson\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I don\u2019t know if the monkey disliked my grandson or not, but they\u2019ve known one another for a very long time. It wasn\u2019t their first time meeting.<\/p>\n

\u2018It will need to have been drained and irritated. At first, I assumed I had made the fitting decision in saving the monkey. But now that this happened, I realise I made a mistake. I even have to let it go. I\u2019m not going to maintain it anymore.<\/p>\n

Officers said that the grandfather could be questioned further in regards to the monkey, as owning macaques is legal but strictly regulated in Thailand.<\/p>\n

Keeping wild-caught or protected macaques without authorisation is prohibited and may result in fines, confiscation of the animal, or prosecution under Thai wildlife laws.<\/p>\n

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Neighbours heard the screeches of the monkey because it continued to attack the young boy (Picture: Viral Press) A schoolboy has succumbed to his injuries after being mauled by his pet monkey named Choke. Seven-year-old\u00a0Ekkarat\u00a0Srichan\u00a0was playing outside his home when the four-year-old monkey began to attack and bite him. Neighbours heard the screeches of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[1209,2497,33071,5236,395,6067,813],"class_list":["post-347682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-boy","tag-death","tag-mauled","tag-monkey","tag-news","tag-pet","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347685,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347682\/revisions\/347685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}