Sunday, May 23, 2010

Oil Palm's Pest, Man's Feast






Wild Boar and porcupine are among mammalian pest that caused extensive damage on young oil palm. The damages is so serious that the attacked seedling or the palm planted in the field is at total loss. Other mammalian pest including macac, and elephant.

Nevertheless, these pests are delicacies for human especially the hunter. Management usually in a dilemma whether to kill or not to kill.

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