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How do you keep monkeys from making mischief?

How do you keep monkeys from making mischief? toggle caption Maya Levin for NPR "Animals are coming out of their habitat because we're entering theirs," says Baiju Raj a conservationist from the New Delhi-based non-profit Wildlife SOS. toggle caption Maya Levin for NPR Hawley says on return visits since, he's witnessed what he calls Vrindavan's "theme park-fication." toggle caption Maya Levin for NPR Sending a message to the monkeys At his three-story home, Hindu priest Dhanajay Goswami shows off the iron mesh on his windows and barbed wires around the rooftop. "They're prolific breeders, and they have no predators in urban areas," he says — and then there's those religious sentiments that say monkeys are a key part of Vrindavan's spiritual identity.

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