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Nepal Allows Farmers to Deal with Wild Boars Damaging Crops

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Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) The Nepali government has formally redeclared wild boars — except for small species that enter private farmlands — as agriculture-damaging wild animals, allowing farmers to chase away, capture, or even kill them without obtaining a permit from authorities. Nearly two weeks after the wild rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was declared an agriculture-damaging wild animal, the wild boar has also been placed on the same list, as farmers continue to suffer heavy crop losses …