Leopard Predation Thread

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Leopard depredation on livestock in Zimbabwe.

Overall, leopards only rarely killed donkeys (3.6% of kills) and rarely killed adult cattle (of leopard cattle kills, 6.7% were adults, 43.3% were yearlings and 50.0% were calves). Of leopard kills, 55.4% were goats, of which 78.2% were adult.

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Loveridge et. al. (2017) Bells, bomas and beefsteak: complex patterns of human-predator conflict at the wildlife-agropastoral interface in Zimbabwe

Leopards near a Zimbabwe National Park killed adult Cattle and adult Donkeys in less amounts compared to juveniles, considering they had to compete with Lions and Spotted Hyenas. Reply