Helen, What part of the country do you live in? --- helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To all on the list; > This has been one heck of a month for us. So far, we > have lost 18 new lambs. > All in just this month. There is no bounty for them > ... there is no one who > knows who to contact about them ... I have called > the National Fish and > Wildlife, the Sherrif, [big joke], the Ag office, > Farm Services, and they > all said "I don't know what to tell you".There is no > compensation to those > of us who have lost livestock to coyotes ... > nothing. My neighbor lost 1 > newborn calf when the mother went to the spring to > get water after dropping > her calf. [thinking it was safe, I suppose.] Another > neighbor lost 15 > calves, and of course, we lost our 18 lambs. We > don't have a dog, mainly > because ours passed on two months ago.This loss is > almost ½ our flock. We > thought we had it under control, because we lock > them up in the barn ever > since the first attack. But ... coyotes are super > smart. They waited until > we let them out in the morning to graze and got them > them. Today it was > peasoup foggy out and we let the ewews and their > lambs out and by the time > my husband got back to the house he could hear the > ewes crying. He hurried > down there but it was too late. Two more dead and > one just hanging on by a > thread, in deep shock. I am not the type to kill for > no reason ... but this > is my livelihood. Shooting is the only thing we can > do, but that means 24/7 > sitting with a rifle ... waiting. Even though the > NFWL says they don't come > out during the day. HA!!! Poisoning is out of the > question, since we have so > many deer, I would hate it if one got hurt > unintentionally.. Does anyone > have any suggestion for us? > Thank you, > Helen > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at > %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
