Distressed farmers use tigers as scarecrows
Some distressed farmers are also erecting fishing nets around the standing crops
HASNAPUR (ADILABAD): When nothing else worked, “tigers” came to the rescue of the farmers and helped them save their standing crops from herbivorous animals.
In the past, the farmers in Adilabad have tried to save their crops by employing several unique methods, but none of them were too successful and the farmers had to share the yield with forest animals.
Now, toy tigers, made of wood and painted in yellow and black, are at hand to shoo away the birds and other crop eaters. Farmers of the villages located close to the forests and down the hills are placing these wooden tigers in the agricultural fields.
Some distressed farmers are also erecting fishing nets around the standing crops. According to official sources, forest department has paid Rs 3.27 lakh compensation towards crop damage in 70 incidents caused by forest animals in the 2014 in the district.