Attacks on sheep anger ranchers

The Billings Gazette ^ | 3/17/2006 | MIKE STARK

[katykelly]

I'm not up to speed with pulp culture, but what is up with those sideburns?

[dljordan]

"Our coyotes are 3 or 4 times as large as those puny western ones. Unless you keep the sheep right under the porch or have a guard dog with them, the coyotes will wipe you out."

There's a ranch about 1/4 mile from me and from time to time in the middle of the night I'll hear the Coyotes going Yip, Yip, Yip and the cattle going nuts and then I hear BLAM! Everything gets quiet after that. The Llama ranchers in the mountain use Great Pyrenees dogs and even the mountain lions steer clear of them

[ElkGroveDan]

I know. I used to live there.

[JRios1968]

I have a theory, but stating it could get me banned...

[glorgau]

Wow, how did they get past the gaurd dogs? Or is that too old school?

[null and void]

Was it sold out before you posted a link on FR?

Just askin'...

[null and void]

I'm not up to speed with pulp culture, but what is up with those sideburns?

Dunno. Are those mutton chops?

[NewRomeTacitus]

I don't know...just being silly with Google searching. It was either that or

"Do you still hear the screaming, Clarice..."

"the screaming of the lambs?"

[Poincare]

Sounds more like dogs than wolves. Wolves are efficient killers and usually eat their prey. Dogs will kill multiple animals for pleasure.

LGDs such as Anatolians or Pyrennees should be with the flocks. A pyr can defeat a mountain lion. Better a pair of pyrs for wolves and coyotes.

[LaineyDee]

The Llama ranchers in the mountain use Great Pyrenees dogs and even the mountain lions steer clear of them

Gotta love em. Lots of ranchers around here use those huge white dogs ...and we've seen many a dead coyote hanging on the fence rows, due to their effectiveness.

The coyotes are so numerous and brazen... they come right into the yard during the day. I'm not complaining though...it gives me target practice. :)

[george76]

"of the 60 that were attacked, 21 died and 39 were injured..."

Does that sound like a pack of wolves ?

[charrisGOP]

LOL

[cpdiii]

Near to my house here in Texas one of the ranchers has a flock of sheep. He has a couple of Great Pyrenees that guard them. I stopped one day to admire the dogs from a distance. They ran up to me about 20 feet away and just sat down and looked at me. They were between myself and the sheep. They were not aggressive nor threatening. However, it was very plain what they meant. "Do Not Get Near the Sheep."

Those are good dogs.

[george76]

After the family is put out of business, Ted Turner will steal the ranch.

Then Ted will set up an eco-ranch for his rich, elite, liberal, hollywood wack jobs to find some "sanctuary."

[bannedfromdu]

If those sheep herders would spent less time in their pup tents going brokeback, the sheeps would be safer.


Hmmmm, or maybe not.

[CheyennePress]

"(1)Five gallon bucket
(2)Several chicken livers
(3)One large coniebear trap
(4)=dead coyote"

My guess is that more and more ranchers are going to be placing orders for cyanide.

[LaineyDee]

Those are good dogs

Yes they are. Our neighbor now has 4 of them.....and I have no clue as to how he feeds those things! They're huge.

Chewey was the first male dog they placed to guard the geese. He would sit in the middle of the road and make everyone drive around him. If you stopped...he would come up to the car and stick his massive head in the window to look you over.

Someone stole Chewey and the whole neighborhood grieved. They bought 3 new pups...but a few months later...Chewey showed up again. I guess the food bill was a bit more than the thieves bargained for. *chuckle*

[RunningWolf]

This has to be from citified banger wolf hybrids, because no self respecting wolf is just going to take one bite out of a sheep.

Its probably more a feral pack of wild dogs.

W.

[Myrddin]

The Canadian wolves that were placed in Yellowstone and Idaho are twice as large as the native wolves that once roamed the area. They attack livestock as an amusement. It isn't a matter of killing for food. Elk, deer and moose have been decimated in Idaho by wolves. I visit Yellowstone every two weeks from April until November. I have yet to see a moose there. Locals says the wolves have killed all of them.

[RunningWolf]

I did not know that about the Canadian releases.

Actually on a more serious take, I have read of various predators just partially eating (sometimes very partially) eating the kill.

I just did a search and they have released several packs since 1996, and as you say at least one pack is of Canadian origin.

W.