Feeding monkeys harms them more than benefiting animals
7 years, 4 months ago

Feeding monkeys harms them more than benefiting animals

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Forest officials said that the signboards asking travellers not to feed monkeys on sections of some state highways, especially in the Narsapur forests, are being ignored, which is causing problems. These animals get used to the taste and start sitting on the road rather than going inside the forest to look for food.” Despite the repeated efforts by forest officials to drive the monkeys back into the forest, they tend to come back to the road as they have got used to cooked food. But sometimes, monkeys fight over food and tend to sit separately.” With many new tourist spots coming up in the forest areas in Adilabad and Amrabad, district forest officials have been asked to keep a strict watch on tourists to prevent feeding monkeys. They grow fat without exercise.” Animal rescuers said that monkeys caught from residential areas are often left in the forest.

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Monkey menace: J&K farmers told to use alternative fruit crops, solar fencing
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Monkey menace: J&K farmers told to use alternative fruit crops, solar fencing

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: Monkeys have been wreaking havoc on fruit orchards and damaging crops in Jammu and Kashmir, causing heavy losses to the growers. In order to rein in the growing monkey menace, the government is exploring measures such as the use of solar fencing and repellers to deter attacks and a shift to alternative fruit crops. The minister in charge of …

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The monkey business is no child’s play, and yet locals of the erstwhile Adilabad district are resorting to a toy from their childhood — catapults, or ‘ghulare’ — to keep the simians away from themselves, their houses and crops. The matter is so serious that locals submitted a memorandum to MLA Gaddam Vivek to take steps to control the …

9 held for poisoning monkeys to death in Uttarakhand orchard
1 year, 9 months ago

9 held for poisoning monkeys to death in Uttarakhand orchard

Hindustan Times  

Nine people have been arrested for allegedly killing eight monkeys by poisoning them in an orchard in Uttarakhand’s Kashipur, police said and added that they were produced in a court on Monday after confessing to poisoning the animals because they were destroying mangos. “Police rushed to the spot and recovered the carcasses of the monkeys and took the nine into …

With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes
3 years, 6 months ago

With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes

LA Times  

Macaques eat bananas during feeding time at Sangeh Monkey Forest in Sangeh, Bali Island, in Indonesia on Wednesday. Deprived of their preferred food source — the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away by the coronavirus — hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have taken to raiding villagers’ homes in their search for …

With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes
3 years, 6 months ago

With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes

Associated Press  

SANGEH, Indonesia — Deprived of their preferred food source — the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away by the coronavirus — hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have taken to raiding villagers’ homes in their search for something tasty. “We are afraid that the hungry monkeys will turn wild and vicious,” villager …

Hyderabad: No respite from monkey menace
5 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: No respite from monkey menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The monkey menace continues in Hyderabad and Secunderabad though 344 monkeys were caught this year. The GHMC has found that this year they have been able to catch monkeys and ensure that they do not come back. A senior official of the GHMC explained, “Monkeys are mostly seen in the city during the summer as they come looking for …

Monkey park: Environmentalists question feasibility of proposal
5 years, 4 months ago

Monkey park: Environmentalists question feasibility of proposal

The Hindu  

Environmentalists are sceptical of the State government’s proposal to establish a ‘monkey park’ in Malnad region to contain the problem of crop-raiding primates. Yediyurappa decided to develop a monkey park on the 100 acre forest land in Hosanagar taluk where the monkeys that raid the plantations would be shifted. Ajay Kumar Sharma, an environmentalist, told The Hindu that the State …

How man, monkey influence each other
7 years, 2 months ago

How man, monkey influence each other

The Hindu  

If you have ever felt obliged — through pity or fear — to feed a monkey, then clearly, these clever primates have got to you. Biologists find that north India’s rhesus macaques may adopt certain types of behaviour that prompt people to feed them. Tourists However, tourists who frequented the area during specific months also fed the macaques: people frequenting …

Now, people to be fined for feeding monkeys in Uttarakhand
9 years, 2 months ago

Now, people to be fined for feeding monkeys in Uttarakhand

Hindustan Times  

People who feed monkeys do more harm than good, and anyone doing so will be fined, a top state forest official has said. Khati, in a letter to forest officials on January 2, directed them to carryout special drives to stop people from feeding monkeys at temples and other religious places.The drives will be carried out every Tuesday and Saturday, …

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