deprecating
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"Herein we describe, to our knowledge, the first recorded instance of a Burmese python actively defending a nest and the first record of a bobcat depredating a python nest."
From Fox News • Mar. 17, 2022
Trapping and relocating bears has been a first option when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has dealt with depredating bears.
From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2020
“They are depredating our deer population, killing livestock and attacking family pets,” they said in the memo.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2017
But wildlife advocates and animal rights groups contend the response to depredating wolves has become too heavy-handed.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2010
The remainder of the tribe, instigated by the former chief, Osceola, repudiated the treaties, refused to remove, and soon after commenced depredating upon the whites.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Walker, Francis Amasa
