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A common confrontation between
Man and animals
From the wild, are pigs roaming farm lands
Destroying the crops

Of pöor farmers, it’s indeed a
Problem in Indian states
With forest borders, acute in her
Many smaller states.

In larger states where lands are vast
And circumference of
Pigs’ roaming areas big, those only
Near the woods suffer,

But in small states like 'Kerala where
Ham'lets and villages
Are not too far from forest bound’ries
Tribals can’t raise crops.

Paddy and plantain, vegetables,
Tapioca, tea,
And rubber, are the earning crops of
Those outermost states,

But these unfortunately are the
Very things they like
To devour and uproot by night to the
Dismay of the day.

When someone sees in the sunup the
Ploughing the pigs did
During the yester night, his heart is
Broken and he weeps,

For they can’t leave their lands for they have
Nowhere else to go,
Nor can they a'bandon th’ages-old
Occupation of farming.

In days of old the farmers had
Se'veral techniques neat
To harness pigs, this problem was not
Severe in those days,

Of one was building watch-huts in the
'Middle of the fields and
Watching they come, and creating much
Din and noise by

Cracking firearms and banging vessels
Driving them away:
This surely was not as easy as
Singing in this song.

It is a very dang’rous business,
Man-attacking pigs
From the wild are most vicious in their
'Ferocity and thoroughness

Of attacks. Have anyone ever seen a
Farmer attacked by
Wild pigs? Indeed it is a very
Horrible sight to see.

If farmers do this technique now, the
Nearby residents
Would file com'plaints against sound pollution
And 'cases will begin.

So then they constructed fences with
Firearms hanging from,
Which when the pig touches the fence
Would fall down and explode,

Driving the 'pigs away, but Police
Ob'structed this practice
For there was firearms involved, so they
Turned to other tricks,

Including passing electri'city
Through their fences, which
Soon were dismantled for inviting-
Deaths and accidents.

So then they started shooting pigs with
Homemade shot guns, soon
Forest and Revenue Departments came
Prosecuting them.

Those who eat them say pigs are very
Delicious to eat,
All know that their numbers are more than
Enough to be eaten,

Or protected, the law is clear: they
Can’t be shot at will,
But who will take in farmers in
Protected Animals’ List?

So now the cause of farmers lost, their
Fields and farm sheds rot;
And jungle encroaches their homesteads,
Like those Inca homes.
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