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- Jackal_coursing abstract "Jackal coursing involves the pursuit of jackals (usually the golden jackal and black-backed jackal) with dogs.Jackal coursing was an occasional pastime for sportsmen in British India. English Foxhounds were usually imported to India for the purpose. Due to the comparatively hotter weather, jackal hounds were rarely long lived. Indian jackals were not hunted often in this manner, as they were slower than foxes and could scarcely outrun greyhounds after 200 yards. According to Thomas C. Jerdon, although jackals are easily pulled down by greyhounds and give an excellent run with foxhounds, they are nonetheless cunning animals which will sham death when caught, and will ferociously protect their packmates. Salukis were a popular choice of breed for jackal coursing in the Māzandarān Province; Rudyard Kipling wrote of a Persian proverb in his novel Kim which states \"The jackal that lives in the wilds of Mazandaran can only be caught by the hounds of Mazandaran.\" British sportsmen pursued jackals in Ceylon as well, though hounds would not attack jackals. Reginald Innes Pocock speculated that this was due to Ceylonese dogs being closely related to the local jackals, and would thus not attack their own kind.In South Africa, black-backed jackal coursing was first introduced to the Cape Colony in the 1820s by Lord Charles Somerset who, as well as an avid fox hunter, sought a more effective method of managing jackal populations, as shooting proved ineffective. Coursing jackals also became a popular pastime in the Boer Republics, particularly in Orange Free State, where it was standard practise to flush them from their dens with terriers and send greyhounds in pursuit. This was fraught with difficulty however, as jackals were difficult to force out of their earths, and usually had numerous exits to escape from. This method is still used by farmers in Free State. In the western Cape in the early 1900s, dogs bred by crossing foxhounds, lurchers and borzoi were used.".
- Jackal_coursing thumbnail Jackalhunt.jpg?width=300.
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- Jackal_coursing wikiPageRevisionID "675017405".
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Apparent_death.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Black-backed_jackal.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Boer_Republics.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Borzoi.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Colony.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animal_welfare.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Blood_sports.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Indian_history.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hunting_by_game.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jackals.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Dog.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink English_Foxhound.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Fox_hunting.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Foxhound.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Free_State_(province).
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Golden_jackal.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Greyhound.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Jackal.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Kim_(novel).
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Lord_Charles_Somerset.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Lurcher.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Mazandaran_Province.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Orange_Free_State.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink R._I._Pocock.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Rudyard_Kipling.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Saluki.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Terrier.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_C._Jerdon.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink Wolf_hunting.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLink File:Jackalhunt.jpg.
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLinkText "Jackal coursing".
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageWikiLinkText "jackal coursing".
- Jackal_coursing wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Jackal_coursing subject Category:Animal_welfare.
- Jackal_coursing subject Category:Blood_sports.
- Jackal_coursing subject Category:British_Indian_history.
- Jackal_coursing subject Category:Hunting_by_game.
- Jackal_coursing subject Category:Jackals.
- Jackal_coursing hypernym Pastime.
- Jackal_coursing type Redirect.
- Jackal_coursing type Right.
- Jackal_coursing comment "Jackal coursing involves the pursuit of jackals (usually the golden jackal and black-backed jackal) with dogs.Jackal coursing was an occasional pastime for sportsmen in British India. English Foxhounds were usually imported to India for the purpose. Due to the comparatively hotter weather, jackal hounds were rarely long lived. Indian jackals were not hunted often in this manner, as they were slower than foxes and could scarcely outrun greyhounds after 200 yards. According to Thomas C.".
- Jackal_coursing label "Jackal coursing".
- Jackal_coursing sameAs Q16987800.
- Jackal_coursing sameAs m.0bbz2vd.
- Jackal_coursing sameAs Q16987800.
- Jackal_coursing wasDerivedFrom Jackal_coursing?oldid=675017405.
- Jackal_coursing depiction Jackalhunt.jpg.
- Jackal_coursing isPrimaryTopicOf Jackal_coursing.