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Painting fake eyes on livestock helps protect them in Zimbabwe
Original: Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Zimbabwe are painting a second pair of eyes onto the hindquarters of vulnerable cattle and other livestock, a trick conservationists say makes predators such as lions and leopards think they have been spotted and deters attacks. The low-cost method, reported by conservation outlet Mongabay, offers herders an alternative to killing predators and is being watched as a possible model for reducing human-wildlife conflict elsewhere in Africa.
Why now: The novel, low-cost anti-predation technique is fresh conservation news with implications for protecting both livestock and threatened predators.
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- Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe · news.mongabay.com
- Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe · news.mongabay.com
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