According to residents, while wild animals are still seen exploring empty streets, there has been a considerable dip in the number of monkeys, that too at a time when they were expecting the worst. The monkeys were mainly dependent on the food scraps offered by tourists and other leftovers, but of late there had been none. But it’s better for both monkeys and the farmers if they remained in the forest,” he adds. She adds that it is not just monkey menace the villagers are facing since all kinds of wild animals frequent the place. Apart from monkeys, it is wild boars and giant squirrels that cause maximum damage to the crops,” she says.

Source: The Hindu April 18, 2020 17:19 UTC