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NEW DELHI -- A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use
unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive
primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate
condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was
unscientific
and would likely worsen the problem.
Indian authorities have struggled in recent years to deal with the
tens
of thousands of monkeys that live in and around cities. They are
drawn
to public places such as temples and office buildings, where devout
Hindus feed them, believing them to be manifestations of the god
Hanuman.
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