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But the Agra district administration has not been able to implement the orders. After locking the animals, farmers themselves informed police and local administration. Farmers have to keep night-long vigil to guard their fields from stray animals. Agra: Farmers from different parts of the district assembled at the collectorate here on Thursday under the aegis of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and staged a protest, demanding immediate withdrawal of cases registered against them for locking stray animals in government premises. We have demanded a time-bound solution to the problem.”BKU leaders claimed that strays caused up to 40% crop loss to farmers..