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For forest owners , the control of wild herbivore populations by predators is helpful.
Photo: Sergei Gorškov, https://wilderness-society.org
Estonian text posted by the Team of the Animal of the Year 03.02.2019
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The utility of large carnivores for the entire ecosystem is quite clear to all. For humans, predators are generally still considered a problem. However, a study published by Australian and US scientists in Nature Ecology & Evolution in 2018 was specifically dedicated to pointing out the benefits that humans receive from the presence of wild predators.

Posted by the Animal of the Year Team 20.01.2019
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