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Painted 'four-eyed' cattle help protect livestock in Zimbabwe
Original: Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe
Conservationists in Zimbabwe are painting eyes onto the rear of vulnerable livestock, an age-old deterrent known as eyelike markings, to trick predators such as lions and leopards into thinking they have been spotted. The technique, sometimes called 'four-eyed' cattle, aims to reduce retaliatory killings of predators and losses for farmers. The conservation initiative is drawing attention as a low-cost way to ease human-wildlife conflict in the region.
Why now: A novel, low-cost anti-predation technique that reduces both farmer losses and predator killings has caught readers' attention.
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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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