... Thousands of Neelgai are ... destroying crops in parts of north and south Gujarat. Source in the Forest Department said ... the government was ready to kill some of them. However, the farmers, who consider the animal holy, prevent them from doing so, according to them ...

While some five years ago, there were only Neelgai herds of five to 10 animals, their population has soared to thousands ... These herds eat up the crops, destroying vast fields in minutes. They are bigger, heavier and hard to catch and consume much more that the black bucks :..

The problem was not confined to Gujarat alone. In states such as Rajasthan too Neelgai were destroying crops ...