Living at the Edge: Jackals, Farms and the Buffer Zone Balancing Act
QUICK ANSWER Jackals living along Tipeshwar’s buffer zone occasionally take poultry, goats and lambs from farms bordering the forest, and studies at comparable central Indian reserves consistently list jackals among the most-reported livestock predators, alongside wolves, tigers and leopards. The losses are real for the families involved, but simple, low-cost measures such as night corrals […]
