Here's How Scarce Wild Prey Must Be Before Big Cats Kill Livestock
When there ’s not enough baseless prey , lions and tiger and other big cat start killing livestock . Seems straightforward enough . But at exactly what low level of fair game denseness do these predator lead off hunting cattle , goats , and sheep ? investigator crunched the numbers and found that when wild prey biomass drops below specific thresholds , kine can expect to be killed first . The belittled ace get eaten later on ....