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Wedge tails a threat for livestock

To: "Wendy" <>, "Birding-aus" <>
Subject: Wedge tails a threat for livestock
From: "Peter Madvig" <>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:26:50 +1100
Hi
Don't folk have an Alpaca / Lama or two in with their sheep and lambs, as a deterrent to foxes?? Would that work against W-T Eagles?? (These birds normally are carrion eaters or go for weak and sick animals...are Angoras much smaller than, say, Merino lambs??). I just wonder if eagles were actually observed to be the guilty party for each of those 15 slaughters...? (how about a "lamb-cam" :-). Just worried about knee-jerk reactions to this sort of media publication.

Cheers
Peter Madvig





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