The golden jackal is not yet endangered but ......?

Question

the golden jackal is not yet endangered. can someone explain how it's survival may be thretened in any way by human activity?

thanx.

Answer 1

In southern Bulgaria, 1053 attacks on small stock, mainly sheep and lambs, were recorded between 1982–87, along with some damages to newborn deer in game farms. In Israel, about 1.5%–1.9% of the calves born in the Golan Heights die due to predation, mainly by golden jackals. In both cases, the high predation rate is thought to be the consequence of a jackal population explosion due to the availability of food in illegal garbage dumps. Preventative measures to avoid depredation were also lacking in both cases. However, even without preventing measures, the highest damages by jackals from Bulgaria are minimal when compared to the domestic animal losses by wolves.