No, jackals don’t eat humans. But a human who wanders into the territory of a jackal may be bitten or attacked as a way to get the person to leave. Think about a dog living in your neighborhood or town. Maybe you’ve seen it running around the fenced-in area surrounding its home. If someone opened the gate and entered the yard, the dog may bite the person in an effort to defend its territory. This is how a jackal would defend the territory where it lives with its family on a savanna or woodland in Africa!