In forests, monkeys spend about 14 hours in search of food. When they move close to human settlements, they find food in less than 10 minutes. As a result, they spend more time procreating
Sudhir Choudhary uses an air-gun to guard his marigold shrubs against monkeys in Uttar Pradesh's Nangla Mubarik village. Choudhary, who shifted to marigold farming from vegetables this year, says monkeys continue to attack his farm even though they do not
In Nangla Mubarik village of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, farmers have no option but to resort to air guns to scare monkeys off their farms. Even this measure brings only temporary relief as monkeys continue to attack crops, whether edible or
To protect their farms, a group of eight farmers from Nangla Mandaud have bought a langur for Rs 16,000. Every other day, one of the farmers takes the langur on his motorcycle and rides into the fields. Whenever the langur sees a group of monkeys, it chas
The situation is worse in Nangla Mandaud, another village in Muzaffarnagar district, where monkeys have laid siege to the entry road to the village. They descend in dozens to attack people carrying food items. Local residents estimate there are four to fi