PADUO POCTOBA - Радиопатруль - Шакалы в Ростовской области - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

The population of jackals in the Rostov region has increased sixfold. Local officials are sounding the alarm and calling on hunters to fight the predator. The regional Ministry of Nature even increased the reward for a jackal's head - from one to four thousand rubles. Radio Rostov patrol officer Maria Pogrebnyak found out the details.

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Jackals make such sounds when they go hunting. In recent years, predators have felt at ease on the Don. There are now more than a thousand of them in the Rostov region: four years ago there were less than two hundred. Animals settled throughout the region, with the exception of the northern regions. They can increasingly be seen near human habitation,” Alexey Klimenko, the owner of a farmstead in the Vasilyevo-Petrovsky village of the Azov district, told Radio Rostov.

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The jackal is smaller than a dog and looks like a wolf. Omnivorous, but in the Rostov region he prefers to hunt pheasants - there have also been noticeably more of them recently. Perhaps this was the reason for the mass migration of the predator to the Don. In addition, the steppe climate is quite suitable for him,” explains Alexander Lipkovich, deputy director for science of the Rostovsky Nature Reserve.

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By nature, the jackal is cowardly and does not attack humans. The exception is if the animal is infected with rabies. So far, no more than one or two such individuals are registered per year. If measures are not taken, there is a risk that there will be more cases of infection, says Vladimir Zhilin, director of the Rostov regional station for combating animal diseases.

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To obtain a license to shoot a jackal, you must have documents for the right to carry weapons and a hunting license. Some hunting grounds issue permits for free, others ask from 2 to 4 thousand rubles. True, not everyone has the right to attract amateur hunters - mainly professional huntsmen do the shooting, Andrei Zhishchenko, chairman of the city society of hunters and fishermen, told Radio Rostov.

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According to an experienced hunter, mass roundups of predators are ineffective - dogs are difficult to track down. Easier to catch using food traps.

They expect to reduce the number of jackals in the Rostov region by spring. Hunters hope for the coming winter: in frosty weather it is more difficult for predators to find food, which means it is easier to catch them.