Predator Costs

True cost of neglected predator control

Cost of Predators

Predator control is one of the most significant challenges for livestock farmers in the Karoo. It's a complex issue that sits at the intersection of economic survival, conservation, and animal ethics. The "ecology of fear", the predator's most significant influence is not in the animals it kills, but in how its presence shapes the behaviour of its "prey", which in turn shapes the entire landscape, including the behaviour of your livestock. We can learn from the Idaho farmers. Watch these two videos and reconsider the true cost if you neglect predator control as a livestock farmer.

Wolf Re-Introduction

Idaho

A short overview

Unseen Consequences

of wolf introduction

Calculating the True Cost of Predators in Livestock Farming