Mules in livestock: the weapon against the attack of felines

It is the case of producer Carlos Omar Castagné, from Cote Lai, who has been developing a more laborious alternative with crossbreeding to obtain mules, to curb the pumas. "We have had a lot of damage in our area, many dead calves and even stampedes because the cows cut wires when they got scared by the presence of felines," the producer told Agroperfiles. "The pumas come and kill sheep, foals, calves," he later indicated. "We are testing them and in the areas where we let the donkeys walk alongside the cows, the pumas do not dare to come close to kill the newborn calves as it happened before," commented the Chaco producer who is also a veterinary doctor by profession. 190 LINEAR KILOMETERS Castagné stated that "the Directorate of Natural Resources in Chaco has as its main function to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the natural resources of the province, such as the forest heritage, biodiversity, and ecological balance. This is done through the development of ...