Show MISCHIEF BY CAPE JACKALS yearly loss from these animals estimated at during a discussion on jackals in the cape house of assembly a few days ago mr gave figures based on intelligent and recorded ob perv atlon of the depredations caused by jackals la one year the losses caused to bis stock amounted to 10 per cent estimating on the number of the flocks in 1895 he worked gradually up to a yearly loss of 7 dl erectly traceable to jackals with that as a basis the cape argus as follows upon mr s figures allowing for a loss of 5 per cent instead of 10 the annual destruction of small stock would be equal to there came the estimate of loss caused to the veldt and to the flocks by the kraeling kra aling system it there were no jackals the flocks would run free at night mr estimated the loss from the enforced kraeling kra aling at 2 but that does not end the indictment against the jackal the kraeling kra aling system has reduced the dropping of lambs from 80 per cent to 60 per cent and mr ru bidge estimated the loss from this cause at south africa |