Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (All images courtesy of UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) A joint study ...

Want to save cattle from predatory attacks? First, paint eyeballs on their butts. Then see what happens. That's pretty much the gist of a new study out of Botswana—and it worked, Happy Mag reports.

A herd of cattle grazing across Botswana with large painted eyes on their rumps may sound unusual, but the idea came from a practical conservation problem. Across many parts of Africa, livestock ...

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A conservation biologist at Australia’s University of New South Wales said in July that his team was headed to Botswana to paint eyeballs on cows’ rear ends. It’s a solution to the problem of farmers ...

In terms of the food chain, cows don't rank very high. In Botswana, top predators like lions and leopards take regular bovine meals, frustrating farmers and prompting them to take aim at lions to try ...

What do you get when you paint a pair of eyes on a cow’s butt? The answer: a cost-effective approach to scaring predators away. The promise of this simple trick, called the “i-cow” solution, has been ...

It sounds like a strategy to protect the poor cattle, but the idea is actually to protect endangered African lions from human retaliation Photo: Courtesy Following rampant cases of human-wildlife ...

A conservation biologist has come up with a novel method for protecting cattle from being hunted by African lions: paint eyes on their butts. The lions will think their intended prey has seen them and ...

Painting eyes on cow butts might sound like a prank instigated by bored teenagers, but it’s actually a clever tactic ranchers in South Africa are using to help protect their livestock from lions and ...

Cattle farmers in Botswana, one of Africa’s top beef exporters to the European Union, have welcomed renewed beef exports to Europe. The move follows a two-month ban that followed an outbreak of ...