Published 00:06 IST, November 30th 2019

Is it a dog or a tiger? Karnataka farmer paints dog as tiger to protect farm from monkeys

Karnataka farmers who have been struggling to keep their crops safe from monkey infestations, dogs painted as tigers have come to their rescue & scare monkeys

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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A hilarious incident took place in Karnataka where farmers have been struggling to keep ir crops safe from monkey infestations. Dogs painted as tigers have come to ir rescue. One hapless farmer painted a street dog in tiger stripes in order to scare away monkey menace in Maln region in Shivamogga. Simians were indiscriminately destroying crops in farms around areas has led to a huge problem for farmers.

Reportedly, one of farmers, Srikant Gowda came up with an idea of using 'fake tigers' in order to scare away monkeys nearly four years ago when he visited Uttara Kanna. During his visit, Gowda met a farmer who was using a fake tiger in order to stop monkeys from destroying farms. Furrmore, when later Gowda tried same tactic in his farms, it worked. Because idea of a tiger doll will t last much, he presented to paint dogs in black lines. paint is me with hair dye and lasts for nearly a month before fing. farmer has also put up posters of his 'painted dog' and that of tigers in grass to scare monkeys. This is also t first time a dog has been painted as a tiger in India. As per reports, a dog named 'Wag' in Udupi was also painted with black hair dye in 2016 which was also for protection of farms. 

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Dogs painted as panda

While in India, dogs are painted with black stripes as tigers, China has painted chow chow dogs in order to resemble giant pandas. According to an international media outlet, a cafe recently opened in Chengdu seems at first glance to be home to six giant panda cubs. ' Cute Pet Games' cafe reportedly opened last month in Sichuan province which is home to a large proportion of endangered bear species.

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A video of six Chow Chow dogs with black dye around ir eyes and ears became an internet sensation and reportedly went viral on Chinese social media platforms. Many netizens find video “cute”, ors criticize cafe as y believe that dye could be harmful to dogs. owner of cafe, identified as Huang reportedly claimed that his dogs are very healthy. He furr ded that dye he uses is imported from Japan and very expensive.

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(with inputs from ncies)

20:03 IST, November 29th 2019