Namibian conservation status: Least Concern. Threats: No major threats, even though they are heavily persecuted on game and small-stock farms as livestock killers. Depending on the situation, such activities might or might not have significant impact on jackal populations. However, the use of non-selective predator control methods against jackals, such as poisons and gin traps, have a significant impact on other species, including scavenging birds and many mammals that are highly beneficial to farmers and healthy ecosystems; Rabies and canine distemper can cause local, short-lived population declines; Persecuted for their role as rabies vectors.