- Use multi-species stocking (i.e.,
sheep and cattle together)- Protect livestock in predator proof enclosures, especially at night - Utilize guard dogs, donkeys, or llamas - Confine ewes & cows
during lambing / calving & at night - Provide rabbit wire covered enclosures with fencing buried below ground; rabbit cages are not recommended as they may be attacked through the cage or die of shock as they frantically seek cover.
During the 1800s, hunters
and ranchers came to the islands, which became heavily grazed by
sheep,
cattle, hogs, donkeys, even rabbits.