THE AARD OR EARTH WOLF 
would not do if the Almighty had made them the 
killers of sheep ; and, again, natural history would 
tell us better. The ‘Wehr Wolf,’ as.it is called, 
is no carnivorous animal; it does as much good as 
the Korhaan in killing ants, tock-tockies, etc. I 
doubt if a Manhaar Jackal kills mice, or any animal 
—only insects, not even birds which lay on the 
ground; they may eat the eggs, but that is 
doubtful. 
“T have lived on the borders of the Kalahari for 
_ the past thirty years. We have shot everything, 
and seen every animal, from the so-called tiger 
(leopard) to the meerkat, and seen Manhaar Jackals 
in droves of seven to ten or more, but have not seen 
them at a carcass, even when the flesh is fresh.” 
It seems apparent that this jackal, notwith- 
standing its defective teeth, does attack and kill 
small stock. Finding sheep and lambs easy prey, 
the manhaar. would naturally become confirmed 
in this habit, which would spread by imitation. 
An animal driven by hunger readily changes its 
natural habits, as we all know. By nature the 
manhaar is nocturnal, but numbers of instances 
have come under my observation of these animals 
dashing out of cover in the daytime and attacking 
lambs, sheep, and poultry. If the manhaar has 
not already resorted to killing stock on any individual 
farm—and I know of numbers of farms where it 
does no harm at all—it is not wise to allow it 
to freely breed, for, when its species multiply, 
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