Sentences with phrase «sized wild prey»

The study shows that farmers need to protect their livestock from jackals even when similarly sized wild prey (small antelopes) are available because of their preference for sheep and goats.

A new Journal of Wildlife Management study conducted in South Africa has found that black - backed jackals, a similar species to coyotes and dingoes, prefer to eat livestock rather than similar - sized wild prey, which has important consequences for livestock husbandry and the management of predators.

Not exact matches

Our result supports a previous finding from a wild macaque population on the west coast of Thailand, where macaques selection of tool size is associated with the size of the prey (Gumert and Malaivijitnond, 2013).

Cats do not only hunt undesirable wildlife unfortunately any creature of a suitable size will be seen as prey whether it's a rodent or a rare wild bird.

Both hound types were selectively bred to hunt a wide variety of animals: Sighthounds were used to find and chase down large game such as deer, elk, moose, and wild boar; small hounds used scent to chase prey into the ground; and medium - sized hounds utilized both sight and scent for smaller game like rabbits and foxes.