Tackling monkey menace in Wayanad
The Forest Department has resumed mass translocation of the simian population from various parts of Wayanad to remote forests in the wake of complaints of monkey menace. The project is being implemented
Animal Menace
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Dying on the edge
To reduce human animal conflict, a 14 km long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 crore, is not a very sound idea, feels a senior forest offcial.
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monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a rational conservation programme can help save monkeys and keep our age old veneration for them inact
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Cute nightmare
Racoons, once the cute and cuddly pets, have now become a serious threat to agriculture in Japan
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Killing is no answer
Here are 18 steps to deal with monkeys that enter human habitation areas. They do not involve killing them
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Here are 18 steps for successful translocation
- Study the number of groups of monkeys present in the area. - Study where these groups sleep at night and their favourite feeding areas. - Locate a forest with good number of wild fruiting