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Shepherding livestock may be more effective protection than killing predators.
A farming community in north-west Spain may hold the answer to coexistence with wild carnivores.
Livestock guarding dogs are considered a non-lethal method for farmers to control wild predators.
Pastoralism is a central part of many Africans’ identity. But how and when did this way of life get started on the continent? Ancient DNA can reveal how herding populations spread.
Starting with two simple sheepdog rules, the robot then began to display new, unprogrammed behaviour.
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Anthrozoologist, external advisor, Nottingham Trent University
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