Lets put another cat in amongst them .
IMHO , this report is an overreaction , and to some extent a misrepresentation in order to sweep up public outrage .
The permit allows 480 farmers to kill up to a maximum of 10 predators per day , and collectively , over a period of time could translate into around 900 000 animals . Now , any reasonable person , with capability of reasonable thinking , will realise that such a number is just impossible . I do not think that there are so many jackals in the whole of Africa , never mind just in the farming area within the Western Cape . Although one of my neighbours ( about 4 kilometres away from me ) with a farm up in a kloof into the mountain does say that on occasion caracals kill his geese , personally , in more than 20 years here in Worcester , I have never even seen 1 jackal .
So , it certainly not as if this whole region is absolutely teeming with these predators , and that suddenly they may be wiped out
Far from it . In general , especially smallstock farmers do have a problem with jackals and caracals , which kill 1000's of sheep and goats every year , and causing R'millions in damages . And that , plus stock-theft , are the two most important factors which actually keep stock number down , and contribute much to cause high red-meat prices 
Both Jackals and caracals are territorial , and as soon as one individual is " taken out " , then another one moves in . As such , if a farmer kills a few of them , as long as the habitat remains unaltered , then very soon they are being replaced by " new ones " moving in .
So , therefore , indiscriminately killing them does not really help , but what else is there to do ?
and even if the chicken coop is not very well closed 
