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Rural/Farm Life

jwirr

(39,215 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2012, 05:38 PM Feb 2012

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Having lost a puppy to an eagle I need to know if predators like eagles are a threat to other animal [View all]

especially little goats and lambs. If so, how do you protect them without caging them?

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Having lost a puppy to an eagle I need to know if predators like eagles are a threat to other animal [View all] jwirr Feb 2012 OP

Eagles would not be here were it not for the little goats and lambs--nc randr Feb 2012 #1

I know. But I chose to not want to feed them MY goats and lambs. There are a lot contradictions in jwirr Feb 2012 #2

I did not mean to be insensitive randr Feb 2012 #3

Thanks. jwirr Feb 2012 #4

Oh, no! I'm so sorry. EFerrari Feb 2012 #5

Thank you. I talked with my family and they are now aware of the danger. The thing that still jwirr Feb 2012 #6

In this area, bvar22 Mar 2012 #7

Predators are always a threat. LWolf Mar 2012 #8

I've never seen owls hunting here but you can hear one or two especially at dusk. EFerrari Mar 2012 #9

I was headed out to the barn at my usual 4:30 AM LWolf Mar 2012 #10

Looking through some Audubon materials recently EFerrari Apr 2012 #11

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