Challenges in predation management - South African historical milestones
Author
de Waal, HO
0000-0002-1748-959X
African Large Predator Research Unit (ALPRU), and Predation Management Centre (PMC), and Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
dewaalho@ufs.ac.za & dewaalho0@gmail.com
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Indago
2021
2021-12-31
37
1
16
https://doi.org/10.38140/00679208/indago.v37.a3
journal article
10.38140/00679208/indago.v37.a3
0067-9208
15587500
Table 1. Statistics on the control of damage-causing animals in the Western Cape Region of the Cape Province (1979/80 annual report of the Cape Province; Anonymous 1979 /80).| Animals | Total damage-causing animal killed | Coyote getters | Foothold traps | Cage traps | Hounds | Shot |
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| Black-backed jackals | 163 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 28 | |
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| Caracal | 229 | 2 | 141 | 46 | 40 | |
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| Vagrant dogs | 60 | 31 | 10 | 11 | | 8 |
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| Baboons | 222 | | 1 | 212 | 2 | 7 |
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| Rock hyraxes | 744 | | | | 744 | |
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| Cape foxes | 37 | 24 | 12 | | 1 | |
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| Bat-eared foxes | 92 | 85 | 5 | | 2 | |
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| Honey badgers | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | |
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| Cape grey mongooses | 75 | 53 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
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| Yellow mongoose | 1 | 1 | | | | |
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| Marsh mongooses | 10 | 1 | | 5 | 4 | |
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| Genets | 9 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
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| African porcupines | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
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| African wildcats | 58 | | 16 | 5 | 37 | |
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| Leopards | 10 | | 8 | 2 | | |
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| Crows | 11 | 11 | | | | |
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| Aardwolves | 4 | 1 | 3 | | | |
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| Otters | 3 | | | 3 | | |
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| Totals | 1 745 | 344 | 211 | 297 | 878 | 15 |
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