Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 107, November 2013, pp. 1-29. | Page 14

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Wolf predation on livestock occurs mainly with the larger Mediterranean wolves, but is not common. They prey on sheep and beef cattle calves. Zebu calves are very rarely killed by wolves. Wolves of the Mediterranean area also feed on small animals, as shown by stomach contents and scats. A female that had been conditioned to people because she pair-bonded with a domestic dog, was observed catching and eating a hare, and she was often seen catching and eating voles (Microtus guentheri) weighing 25-40 g.

An Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs) in Southern Palestine (the Southern Araba Desert). It has been scavenging alone that night. Photo by Plegadis.18 November 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_desert_wolf_by_Snoosmumrik.jpg The desert pallipes do not prey on large livestock. Predation on sheep in this area is rare, but the Bedouin consider wolves as predators of their black goats which are smaller than sheep, and in the southern Naqab and Sinai, weigh only 12-25 kilogram. Hairs of the black Bedouin goats have been found in wolf scats
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 107 – November 2013