Shivamogga monkey menace... Time for evolving new wildlife management practices on scientific lines. Monkey menace in shivamogga has been a topic of discussion after chief minister Yeddyurappa took to task officials for not managing the problem effectively. Bonnet macaque proliferates in urban environment and multiplies endlessly due to easy availability of high calorie human food and absence of predators. Hanuman who is culturally worshipped as monkey God, makes the subject sensitive as any population management decision to be taken by state on monkey, ends up invoking a cultural sentiment & becomes an emotional limitation. In such catchy situation it is pertinent to note that even in ancient times during Ramayana, Mahabharata, Ashoka Empire, The King, as head of the state, was often requested by people to manage human wildlife conflict and to give relief to people by killing wild animals that are causing problems to human society. We c...