1.   Farmers escape as fire kills livestock.

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

3.   And, under a special rule included in the proposal for the Northeast, wolves that kill livestock or otherwise threaten people and property could be shot or relocated.

4.   A snake bite can be fatal for humans and frequently kills livestock or necessitates expensive treatment by a veterinarian.

5.   But over the last five years, there have been a spate of less serious cougar attacks, and they have killed numerous livestock.

6.   Environmentalists have promised to pay ranchers for their losses, if it can be shown that wolves killed livestock.

7.   If any is discovered killing livestock, or roaming outside the wolf recovery area, it will be recaptured by government biologists.

8.   In the dark ricefield mosquito, Psorophora columbiae, which in large numbers has been reported to kill livestock, the females are furious biters, day or night.

9.   Not only do the elephants wipe out crops while the lions kill livestock, but the wildebeest carry a disease that periodically wipes out Masai cattle herds.

10.   Not only could livestock be killed, but critical food crops also could be damaged, and the economic loss could be stunning, they said.