Controlling Monkey Menace
K K Sharma
Over the past few decades there has been a steady and steep increase in the population of Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) commonly known as monkey. The population of monkeys has grown at an alarming rate during the last decade. According to the last count there were 50 million monkeys in India which has resulted in their migration from the forest areas towards towns and cities and also to the cultivated areas. There is no centralised data bank on monkey raids in the country. According to the official and media reports, 20 States/UTs have reported significant crop damages due to monkey attacks. In 2018, about 250 villages in Jammu reported loss of farm produce worth Rs. 33 crore because of invasion by wild monkeys.
they broke it down into categories. are you the procrastinator slacker? those are the people who put off buying gifts until the last minute because they like the pressure and feeling of getting it at the end. really? we don t have to. we get all our christmas presents here because jerry tries to nail them down but we steal them. there is no glue strong enough for us. then there is the planner. these people bother me. they shop for the holidays all year long, they shall remain nameless martha stewart. they have a closet reserved for gifts. they carry special lists all the time. you know who used to do that i remember? i totally understood it because she had a gazillion grandchildren. and she probably still does. ethel kennedy and anne mara who own the giants. they have 600 children and 8,000 grandchildren. i don t like when people say it s thanksgiving and i m all done. i don t like that feeling. then there is the practical gift giver. these people skip the gift and go
slacker? those are the people who put off buying gifts until the last minute because they like the pressure and feeling of getting it at the end. really? we don t have to. we get all our christmas presents here because jerry tries to nail them down but we steal them. there is no glue strong enough for us. then there is the planner. these people bother me. they shop for the holidays all year long, they shall remain nameless martha stewart. they have a closet reserved for gifts. they carry special lists all the time. you know who used to do that i remember? i totally understood it because she had a gazillion grandchildren. and she probably still does. ethel kennedy and anne mara who own the giants. they have 600 children and 8,000 grandchildren. i don t like when people say it s thanksgiving and i m all done. i don t like that feeling. then there is the practical gift giver. these people skip the gift and go right to the gift card or cash because they know the recipient
captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this friday morning. i m ann curry, good morning, everybody. and good morning, ann. i m natalie morales in for matt this morning. we ve step outside to be right near the gorge russ rockefeller christmas tree as the countdown is in fever pitch, two days to go before christmas, this is as quiet as you re going to see it. this is the eve of the eve. all eyes are on the roo and we had pretty big downpours in the northeast overnight. in fact there was actually a storm in parts of georgia. it was a very powerful storm and so the question this morning is, what does mother nature have in store for us today and the rest of the holiday weekend? we re going to get the forecast coming up straight ahead. and in these economic times i think we all need a holiday feel-good story and we ve got one for you, anonymous angels picking up the layaway tabs for families in need all across the country. we ll have much more on