Problem

Extermination of wild animal natural prey

Nature:

Human activities may directly or indirectly result in the elimination or extermination of the natural prey of a carnivorous wild animal, thus depriving it of its normal diet.

Background:

A predator-prey system exists as an assemblage of predators and prey species; their ecological interactions and conditions permit their long-term coexistence.

Broader Problems:
Killing of animals
Subject(s):
Birds, Mammals Carnivores
Geography Nature
Geography Wild
Societal Problems Destruction
Zoology Animals
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
09.04.2019 – 12:15 CEST