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SL testing IUDs to curb monkey births

Colombo, July 15 (UNI) Sri Lanka is contemplating a second round of testing OF Intra-Uterine Devices (IUDs) on red-faced monkeys as a means of reducing their population following farmers' demands to exterminate the simians for regularly destroying crops.
The country's Agriculture Ministry has classified toque macaques, wild boars, peacocks, and giant squirrels as important crop pests. Farmers are begging for air weapons to safeguard their crops, according to the news portal EconomyNext.
State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya announced the provision of cash for farmers to purchase air rifles, and in January, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera distributed air weapons to farmers farming pineapple, pomegranate, guava, and papaya.
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