‘Don’t feed monkeys’ movement gathers momentum ahead of Courtallam season
The Tenkasi Forest Division has released a video urging tourists not to feed monkeys during the Courtallam season from June to August. The video features a monkey personified as an 'evolutionary relative' requesting visitors to let monkeys forage naturally in the forest. The campaign aims to promote responsible tourism and protect the natural behavior of monkeys.
- ▪The Tenkasi Forest Division created a video to discourage tourists from feeding monkeys in Courtallam.
- ▪The video features a monkey asking tourists not to offer human food such as idli and parotta.
- ▪Monkeys are naturally adapted to feed on forest resources like leaves and fruits.
- ▪The appeal targets the peak tourist season between June and August.
- ▪The campaign promotes conservation and responsible wildlife interaction.
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The Tenkasi Forest Division has come-out with a thought-provoking video clip appealing to the public, especially tourists visiting Courtallam during the upcoming season between June and August not to feed the monkeys with the food they enjoy – right from idli to partotta.In the graphical video, a monkey, greeting the tourists as its ‘evolutionary relatives’, appeals to them not to share their food with the monkeys, which are created to search in the forest for their food like leaves, fruits etc. and feed on them.
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