Examples include grizzly bears, mountain lions, and tigers. Usually, the frequency of wildlife-human accidents increases as more humans move into rural areas. Crop, livestock, and property can be damaged by wildlife. Coyotes kill millions of dollars worth of goats, sheep, and cattle each year, and many other predators kill livestock throughout the world. Birds and mammals cause damage to crops ranging from ground squirrel and elk damage in alfalfa to bird damage in berry, grain, and grass crops.
Woodpeckers cause millions of dollars worth of damage to utility poles annually.
These problems are not confined to rural or farm properties. Deer eating roses, raccoons eating pet fish in the backyard pond, and woodpeckers drilling on house siding are probably common problems in your area. Disease transmission by wildlife is a concern in many areas. Wildlife can act as reservoirs for diseases that affect both livestock and humans. Rabies occurs in many bat, raccoon, skunk, and fox populations in the United States, and sometimes these wildlife are implicated the spread of the disease.