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Since kea are now a protected species, their depredations are generally tolerated by sheep farmers, though why some kea attack sheep, and others do not, remains unclear. Various theories, including similarities with existing food sources, curiosity, entertainment, hunger, maggots as well as a progression from scavenging dead sheep and hides ...
A Kea will attack and eat part of the sheep, but the bird doesn't directly kill it. Our section on Diet covers this. If you can't access the video cited there, this picture gives a reasonable portrayal of a Kea attack. -- Avenue 21:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC) The sheep photo in the article shows a deep wound close to the kidneys.
Twenty-seven pregnant sheep have died after “possibly the worst livestock attack we have ever had”, Kent Police said. The ewes, some of which were pregnant with twins or triplets, were ...
Merino sheep tend to be the most vulnerable, due to their habit of scattering upon attack, unlike fat-tailed sheep which bunch together for defence. In Transvaal between 1965 and 1971, a study on the stomach contents of over 400 jackals showed that sheep constituted 6% of the diet of jackals living in game reserves, and 27% for those living ...
Livestock guardian dogs protect goats, sheep, cattle, and chickens from predators which of course helps farmers and ranchers from losing animals on the farm (read: losing money).
A sheep herder was seriously injured in a pre-dawn bear attack in southwest Colorado on Tuesday, authorities said. The unidentified 35-year-old man was near a camp in the Weminuche Wilderness ...
The attacks have greatly disrupted maritime traffic in the Red Sea, a key shipping route, leading the U.S., the U.K. and others to launch strikes against Houthi targets as the Israel-Hamas war ...
Flystrike in sheep is a myiasis condition in which domestic sheep are infected by one of several species of flies that are external parasites of sheep. Sheep are particularly susceptible to flystrike because their thick wool, if sufficiently contaminated with urine and faecal material, can provide effective breeding ground for maggots even in the relative absence of wounds.