Devon Slater, a farmer in Orange Hill, Barbados, is experiencing significant financial losses due to monkeys raiding his pineapple farm. After six years of farming without incident, the primates recently started attacking his crop, consuming or damaging several fruits daily.
Experts suggest the attacks may be driven by a changing climate affecting the monkeys' traditional food sources. Slater is taking measures to protect his crops, including covering the pineapples and planning to build a cage to capture the problematic monkeys. He remains determined to continue expanding his farm despite these challenges.