To reduce wildlife human conflict due to feeding, it is important to advise park goers and residents to not carry food in plain sight or feed animals. It will be beneficial to put up signs discouraging such feeding behaviour, and this is what the authorities are currently working on (MND, 2016).
Even for residential neighbourhoods, the government has also put up big banners telling residents not to give pigeon food. The banners often showcase the problems pigeons can cause when they stay in the neighbourhood due to human feeding. Some of the problems featured on the banners are disease spreading and hygiene problems. Such banners should have a deterrent effect on feeding as it helps to heighten awareness of the detriments of feeding.
However, merely putting up signboards may not be very effective as some may choose not to pay heed to the advice. Thus, our laws should complement the information dispersed to the public: For those who feed animals, it constitutes an offence and anyone caught doing so can be fined up to S$500 under the Animals and Birds Act. Signboards together with drafted laws should be put up at all nature reserves so tourists and citizens alike will know better than to feed or provoke animals at natural parks.
According to a human- macaque study (Clayton, 2009), the main reason for human-macaque interactions is due to human behaviour, thus it could be largely reduced if we learn how to better manage human actions in interface zones, such as prohibit feeding and provoking of animals.