Watch: Farmers In UP Dress Up As Bears To Protect Crops From Monkeys
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Farmers in Uttar Pradesh'sLakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop.
Humanoid scarecrows dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields are a common sight in Indian villages, meant to discourage birds and animals from growing crops. These tricks, however, don't always work, leaving farmers to come up with new techniques. This time, the farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop. Uttar Pradesh | Farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri's Jahan Nagar village use a bear costume to prevent monkeys from damaging their sugarcane crop40-45 monkeys are roaming in the area and damaging the crops. We appealed to authorities but no attention was paid. So we (farmers)… pic.twitter.com/IBlsvECB2A
News agency ANI also posted a few images of these farmers wearing bear suits while sitting in the middle of the fields.
''Farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri's Jahan Nagar village use a bear costume to prevent monkeys from damaging their sugarcane crop,'' wrote ANI while sharing the images on Twitter.
See the pictures here:
