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  1. Farnboro John

    Sheep dogs to protect lambs from eagles in the Highlands

    I know it's not easy. The real problem is the corruptness of the authorities - for instance I can't think of a single kind of firearms offence that would result in the offender being permitted to keep their licence except for raptor persecution. Penalties are not included in legislation so...
  2. Farnboro John

    Sheep dogs to protect lambs from eagles in the Highlands

    Or perhaps have more countryside rangers or police specifically to hunt down the shooters and poisoners and get them banged up where they belong - after a fair trial of course. Then there won't be a need for sheepdog trials, either for barking at eagles effectively or biting them illegally. Or...
  3. Farnboro John

    Sheep dogs to protect lambs from eagles in the Highlands

    Of course there's no chance at all this could go wrong by one of the dogs attacking a protected White-tailed Eagle while it was trying to carry off a lamb.... what complete stupidity. If you teach the dog to be aggressive to eagles it will be. Just pay the sheep owner for the lamb (on production...
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