Farmers in the Malnad region in South India are reportedly dying their dogs’ fur with tiger stripes to scare off bands of marauding monkeys. Apparently the monkeys are wreaking havoc on their corn crops.
According to the Deccan Herald, “Srikanta Gowda, a resident of Naluru village, Thirthahalli taluk, said he had seen a tiger-like doll used as a scarecrow near Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district four years ago. He brought it to the village and placed it in his areca plantation. Surprisingly, monkeys were frightened after seeing the doll and did not return to his plantation.”
Based on that success, Gowda had the idea to enlist his dog as a kind of roving tiger-scarecrow.