predator control
Culling dangerous animals
Predator control refers to efforts to reduce populations of animals that prey on livestock, game, or endangered species.
Methods include trapping, hunting, poisoning, and relocation.
Wildlife management agencies conduct predator control to protect sheep from coyotes or ground-nesting birds from foxes: The rancher called for predator control after losing several calves.
The practice remains controversial, with critics arguing it disrupts ecosystems.
- wolvesWild pack canines
- apex predatorsDominant hunters, no natural enemies
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- bearsSupports or tolerates
- huntingPursuing wild game
coyotes · pack animals · animal welfare · ecosystem balance · mountain lions · dingoes · fencing · foxes · biodiversity loss · hawks · conservation laws · indigenous rights · eagles · culling · habitat modification · poaching · relocation · eradication
- Wool Farmingsheep farm, sheep ranch, wool production, shearing shed, woolshed
- Island Conservationendemic species, habitat restoration, invasive species, marine reserves, native plants
- livestock protectionguard dog, guard llama, electric fence, shepherd, herding dog
- oyster farmingoyster farming, oyster farms, oyster beds, oyster reefs, oyster reef
- aquaculture problemsdisease, parasites, sea lice, disease outbreak, disease spread
- fish farmingfish farming, fish farm, fish farms, aquaculture, pisciculture
predator controlwildlife protection
Preserving wild animals, habitats
wildlife preservation · rewilding · wolf reintroduction · habitat protection
predator controlletting nature take its course
Permitting events to unfold naturally
rewilding · non-intervention · wilderness preservation · biocentrism