Surplus killing by carnivores

By H. Kruuk. 2009

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Human-wildlife conflict in the Kingdom of Bhutan: Patterns of livestock predation by large mammalian carnivores (2008, background): “Surplus killing is not uncommon among cats and other large carnivores (for examples see Kruuk, 1972; Fox and Chundwat, 1988; Linnell et al., 1999; Odden et al., 2002).”
Problems encountered by individuals in animal translocations: Lessons from field studies (2007, background): “…new environment. resident predators may then display surplus killing behaviour, and even a few predators can rapidly cause great damage in prey populations (Kruuk, 1972). under these circumstances, predation alone can cause the failure of a translocation of prey species (e.g., Short et al., 1992).”
Livestock depredation by wolves and the ranching economy in the Northwestern U.S. (2009, background): “The original definition of “surplus killing” (Kruuk, 1972) was the killing of prey characterized by an absence of utilization of the carcasses.”