Livestock Watching dogs and fences can be effective measures to prevent attacks by predators on livestock. Like the rope with fluttering fabric, lapptyg. Many other methods - both hunting and methods that do not kill the animal - also seem promising but they have not been evaluated scientifically to the same extent. It is an international group of researchers from SLU in a comprehensive study now published in PLoS Biology.
Twenty authors from 10 Countries have examined 114 scientific papers published that measure the impact of measures to reduce the risk or the extent of predation on livestock. These actions often play an important role in conflicts over predators.