Farmer in India paints dog to look like tiger to frighten monkeys
- By Web Desk -
- Dec 04, 2019
The farmer in India painted his dog to look like a tiger to prevent his coffee crop from being damaged by the monkeys.
As per details, the farmer, identified as Srikanth Gowda, said he has been able to protect his coffee crop from monkeys by painting his pet dog Bulbul with black stripes, an Indian news outlet reports.
Shivamogga: A farmer painted his dog to make it look like a tiger at Nallur village,Thirthahalli. Farmer’s daughter says,’It was my father’s idea to scare monkeys away. Earlier, monkeys used to destroy all our crops. Everyone in our village is replicating his idea.” #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/oBH1rUlEUZ
— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2019
“I now take Bulbul to the fields twice a day — in the morning and evening,” Gowda told Asian News International in a report Monday. “I have seen them running away at the sight of the dog. The monkeys now refrain from entering my plantations.”
Gowda, who grows coffee in Thirthahalli in the state of Karnataka, turned to the dog after failing to scare off the monkeys with stuffed tiger toys.
The news outlet quoted Gowda’s daughter as saying that other farmers in the village are now copying her father and painting their dogs to look like tigers.