Namibia is a country that has serious trouble with overgrazing and drought. Intensive grazing, especially in very dry areas, can lead to large ecological disturbances, which is a threat against several species, and hence also biodiversity. This study shows that grazing on a medium level favours bat-eared foxes, but also that they are negatively affected by grazing when it becomes too intense. However, from this study, it is not possible to tell which specific factor leads to the lower occurrence of bat-eared foxes on intensively grazed areas. The study was done by comparing the relative population density of bat-eared foxes on a grazed farmland with the population density on an ungrazed reserve in the semi-desert in Namibia. Overgrazing is not the only possible threat against the bat-eared foxes. They are also killed in the misbelief that they attack the livestock or killed because they are mistaken for being black-backed jackals. Therefore, by interviewing farmers, this study also aims to assess the awareness of rural farmers to the bat eared fox and how they perceive this animal in terms of being a threat to their cattle and goats