1.   Although sheep and cattle ranchers feared their herds would be decimated, the wolves have not killed any livestock.

2.   It decimates herds, killing the young and causes older animals to lose weight, produce less milk or abort spontaneously.

3.   Outbreaks decimated herds in the Netherlands and Germany in recent years.

4.   The regional government has become so impoverished it can no longer pay hunters a bounty to kill wolves, which have multiplied rapidly and decimated the herds.

5.   The spread of domestic sheep also brought exotic diseases that still can decimate a herd.

6.   These contests of conspicuous consumption have disappeared in many Dinka areas because the war has decimated herds.