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| Wachter, B.; Jauernig, O.; Breitenmoser, U. | |
| Determination of Prey Hair in Faeces of Free-ranging Namibian Cheetahs with a Simple Method | |
| 2006 Cat News (44): 8-9 | |
Namibia is thought to host the largest population of freeranging cheetahs _Acinonyx jubatus_ and the majority of this population inhabits commercial farmland (Morsbach 1987). Some farmers consider that cheetahs prey on both livestock and wild herbivores that are valuable for trophy hunting, and this perceived offtake has generated conflict leading to the indiscriminate elimination of cheetahs from some farms (Marker et al. 1996). To help assess the economic cost of cheetahs on commercial farmland, information on the proportion of different prey species in their diet is required. |
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