Poaching is linked to prey declines and livestock depredation. Possible reasons for their decline include entanglement in agricultural nets and depredation by feral cats. Depredation and plunder by the Moros from Jolo and Brunei were rampant during the 1600s. Predators were not identified for 17 additional depredation events. The early life of William Thornhill is one of Dickensian poverty, depredation and criminality. The American crow ("Corvus brachyrhynchos"), is widely hated by farmers because of crop depredation. Nocturnal migrants minimize depredation, avoid overheating, and can feed during the day. Monarchs prosper in war and turmoil and depredation. It can result in smothering, mold and to insect depredation. Depredation by domestic cats has been observed in at least one colony. It is believed Pele's Curse was invented in the mid-20th century to deter tourist depredation. There, they are more vulnerable to depredation by domestic cats, dogs, and pigs. Its depredation on orchards caused Okinawa Prefecture to launch an investigation in 2012. Culture contact brought with it many forms of depredation. The last Indian depredation in the area was at Barry Scobee Mountain in 1881.