"Operation Monkey" Aims to Kill Marauding Primates

Photo: jinterwas / CC They’re a roving band of macaques who’ve made a habit of treating crops in northern India as their own private buffet, making more than a few enemies in the process. Now, a militia of fed-up farmers has been formed to put an end to primates’ marauding ways, in an effort they’ve dubbed “Operation: Monkey” — but don’t let the name fool you, it won’t involve the type of hi-jinks the name might conjure. Rather, its an operation the government just approved wherein farmers are granted permission to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Operation Monkey" Aims to Kill Marauding Primates

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