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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-129697811-1344616176=:52929 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard=0AI didn't see the article so cann't comment on it but=0Aeagles = preying on lambs are a problem world over.=A0=0ANo doubt goes back before s= heep were domesticated.=0ASome breeds are more at risk than other. Do you k= now the Clum Forest?=0AOr is it Clun?=0ASheep from there are very aggressiv= e and will put the run to eagles.=A0=0AThe breed has other shortcoming thou= gh - LOL=0AThe Guard dogs - the big white fellows from Europe are very effe= ctive=0Aon eagles as well as coyotes and just about anything else that will= venture near the flock.=0AI think they developed in a few different countr= ies so there is a few different breeds=0Abut are very alike.Sheep farmers t= ell me they are a great investment.=0AHowever if you see a strange=A0bird i= n a field of sheep and there is a big white dog there=A0=0A- don't go=A0in = the field for a closer look! You might get to find out about their dental w= orks!=0AVery protective but real pets for those they know.=0AEnjoy the summ= er=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Richard S= tern <sternrichard@gmail.com>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0AS= ent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:55:31 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Eagles eatin= g sheep?=0A =0A=0AThere was a CBC news item yesterday about a farmer in Mac= can complaining that Eagles were attacking and eating his lambs. There are = "several Eagles' nests" there. I have never heard of Bald Eagles behaving t= his way, but it reminds me of similar stories years ago regarding Golden Ea= gles in the English Lake District, where I used to go hiking in my youth. I= don't know if that was ever proven. I thought Bald eagles just eat dead ch= ickens and live fish. Any comments?=0A=0ARichard=0A=0A-- =0A###############= ##=0ARichard Stern, =0APort Williams, NS, Canada=0Asternrichard@gmail.com= =0A################### ---2114655128-129697811-1344616176=:52929 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:; background-color:; font-family:times new = roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Richard</span><= /div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'time= s new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font= -style: normal; "><span>I didn't see the article so cann't comment on it bu= t</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-fami= ly: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transpar= ent; font-style: normal; "><span>eagles preying on lambs are a problem worl= d over. </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16p= x; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-col= or: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>No doubt goes back before shee= p were domesticated.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-si= ze: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Some breeds are= more at risk than other. Do you know the Clum Forest?</span></div><div sty= le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',= 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma= l; "><span>Or is it Clun?</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fo= nt-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ba= ckground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Sheep from there a= re very aggressive and will put the run to eagles. </span></div><div s= tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman= ', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: nor= mal; "><span>The breed has other shortcoming though - LOL</span></div><div = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roma= n', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>The Guard dogs - the big white fellows from Europe are ver= y effective</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;= font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color= : transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>on eagles as well as coyotes and= just about anything else that will venture near the flock.</span></div><di= v style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new ro= man', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: = normal; "><span>I think they developed in a few different countries so ther= e is a few different breeds</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; = background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>but are very ali= ke.</span><span style=3D"background-color: transparent; ">Sheep farmers tel= l me they are a great investment.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0= , 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, se= rif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style=3D"ba= ckground-color: transparent; ">However if you see a strange </span><sp= an style=3D"background-color: transparent; ">bird in a field of sheep and t= here is a big white dog there </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0,= 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,= serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style=3D= "background-color: transparent; ">- don't go </span><span style=3D"bac= kground-color: transparent; ">in the field for a closer look! You might get= to find out about their dental works!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb= (0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', tim= es, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style= =3D"background-color: transparent; ">Very protective but real pets for thos= e they know.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font= -family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: tra= nsparent; font-style: normal; ">Enjoy the summer</div><div style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', = times, serif; background-color: transpare