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Menace of rhesus monkeys at Jorhat [1]

JORHAT, May 12: The man-animal conflict in Jorhat has received a new dimension with hordes of rhesus monkeys menacing villages in North-West Jorhat. The area which comprises cultivable farms of fruits, vegetables and paddy are facing depredations on a daily basis.
A farmer of Madhya Goru Mora village, Robin Bora, said that it is impossible to cultivate a single vegetable on 10 bighas of land.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2009
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Monkey [4], Assam [5], Jorhat (D) [6], Animal Menace [7]
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