RHESUS, LANGUR, FARMERS, NGOS AND GOVERNMENT

In Himachal Pradesh, population of rhesus monkeys at 319,000 and grey langurs at 55,000 may require scientific culling to save crops but Nature Watch India, an NGO, maintains that there is no justification for taking such extreme measures, without any credible data and proper assessment of the ground realities. Farmers estimate that they loss nearly INR 20 billion.

September 25

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