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 text 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 2. Problem animal statistics for 1987, adapted from reports by Divisional Councils and hunt clubs in the Cape Province (De Waal 2021).

Divisional Councils	Number of small livestock killed					Number of problem animals killed
	Black-backed jackal	Caracal	Dogs	Other	Total	Black-backed jackal	Caracal	Dogs	Other	Total
Bredasdorp/ Swellendam	8	597	24	26	655	2	51	25	52	130
Caledon	0	44	42	1	87	0	9	4	57	70
Calvinia	186	139	3	4	332	46	35	0	6	87
Cederberg	15	250	5	64	334	0	85	1	150	236
Dias	191	255	0	0	446	No statistics				0
Drakensberg	755	225	29	68	1 077	No statistics				0
Gordonia				2	2	No statistics				0
Grootrivier	38	79	0	0	117	No statistics				0
Humansdorp	20	256	49	51	376	No statistics				0
Kaffraria	556	133	0	0	689	No statistics				0
Kareeberg	375	127	0	77	579	76	100	38	443	657
Klein Karoo-Langkloof	79	14	0	10	103	56	2	2	41	101
Langeberg	194	246	4	6	450	9	75	0	9	93
Matroosberg	24	12	23	11	70	7	3	27	44	81
Midland		2 548			2 548	No statistics				0
Namakwaland	813	56	13	6	888	230	27	15	252	524
Nuwe Roggeveld	300	14	0	59	373	50	7	0	256	313
Outeniqua	186	323	21	145	675	24	68	12	20	124
Prieska	No statistics				0	149	52			201
Smaldeel	75	580		48	703	No statistics				0
Stormberg		98			98	No statistics				0
Swartland	9	200	38	8	255	5	112	3	1	121
Vaalrivier	3				3	4				4
Witzenberg	24	156	56	48	284	1	24	4	25	54
Total	3 851	6 362	307	634	11 144	659	650	131	1 356	2 796