wildlife damage

Critters causing harm

Wildlife damage refers to harm caused by wild animals to property, crops, livestock, or ecosystems.

The term appears most often in agricultural and land management contexts: The farmer filed a claim for wildlife damage to his cornfield.

It encompasses everything from deer browsing on orchards to beaver flooding from dam construction to predators killing livestock.

Wildlife damage management is the field dedicated to preventing or mitigating such impacts.

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deer repellent · rodent · predator · predator control · livestock · fence · electric fence · live trap · trap · bird netting · carcass · gnawing · burrow · infestation · control · prevention · coyote · rabbit

Opposites
damage source

wildlife damagevandalism

Willful property damage

weather damage · storm damage · flood damage · fire damage · arson

ecological impact direction

wildlife damageseed dispersal

Transport of plant embryos

wildlife conservation · pollination

human-wildlife relationship

wildlife damagewildlife protection

Preserving wild animals, habitats

wildlife preservation · wildlife management · wildlife sanctuary · habitat conservation · rewilding

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