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Why are there butterflies, dogs and cats? I refuse to have to justify the existence of a species.

— Luigi Boitani

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A jackal might take the odd chicken or domestic rabbit, possibly a small lamb, but it is not an animal that should give farmers a great deal of concern. [...] It’s an incredible animal, capable of widespread dispersion.

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