Risky business: red foxes killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills

Gustaf Samelius; Lingyun Xiao; Juan Li; Purevjav Lkhagvajav; Orjan Johansson

Risky business: red foxes killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills

Gustaf Samelius^*, Lingyun Xiao, Juan Li, Purevjav Lkhagvajav, Orjan Johansson

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Department of Health and Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

Scavenging of foods is a common but potentially dangerous behavior that exposes animals to risk of injury and even death from other animals. Here we report on two observations of red foxes that were killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills that illustrates the risks associated with scavenging for red foxes and other small and medium-sized predators.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Journal	Snow Leopard Reports
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2022

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Risky business: red foxes killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills

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