While for some their trigger finger itches when they see a black-backed jackal, I like these opportunistic hunters. This one was in a real hurry, running towards and past us on the road, tongue out. I wonder where he had to go!
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I am an anthropologist of religion and photographer, currently living in Pretoria, South Africa. I wrote my PhD-thesis on narratives about Satanism in Zambia. Currently I am preparing a new research project that uses photography as an ethnographic method. In my free time, I love hiking, safaris and enjoying nature through photography.
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It is nice to see 300 dead sheep. Just killed for fun. I so understand the farmers. One jackal can ruin an entire farming community and it once took over four years to track a single one down. Meanwhile it caused havoc.
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Yes, I can see that side of the argument as well… There is not enough space for farmers and bigger predators to share in most areas in this world, not even in South Africa.
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The type of predator makes a huge difference. Lions and leopards are big cats, same as cheetah, serval and caracal. None of these will kill a whole flock in cold blood. Jackals by nature are just different.
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I was thinking of wolves, they do that too.
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He/she is pretty awesome!
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