Several hundred farmers in the rural areas of Kalimpong district of West Bengal need to protect their crops from peacocks. In several parts of Kalimpong, where rice, chilies, vegetables, millet, flowers and fruits grow in abundance, peacocks - the national bird - have come to be a headache for most farmers, many of whom have incurred losses and shifted to crops like maize that do not attract the birds as much.

Others have taken to building temporary huts in the fields where they spend the night to protect the crops from peacocks and peahens who usually come to the farms in the early hours of the morning.

The growers cannot harm these birds, as they are protected by law.

Source - https://www.freshplaza.com