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Mission Bonnet Macaque
July 4 , 2025
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- Kerala Forest Department will start the mass sterilisation of bonnet macaques to control their rising numbers.
- The plan is to reduce crop damage and conflict with farmers near forest areas.
- The state will seek central approval as the bonnet macaque is a Schedule I species under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- The effort is part of ‘Mission Bonnet Macaque’, a 10-point plan to tackle human-wildlife conflict.
- The bonnet macaque is endemic to South India and is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ by the IUCN.
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