In 2020, researchers painted fake eyes on the rumps of cattle in Botswana and no eye-marked cows were killed by lions: A low-cost trick tested to reduce retaliatory killings of predators

A herd of cattle grazing across Botswana with large painted eyes on their rumps may sound unusual, but the idea came from a practical conservation problem. Across many parts of Africa, livestock losses to lions create economic hardship for farmers and often lead to retaliatory killings that threaten already declining lion populations.

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