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Predators On The Sheep Farm

Many farmers experience high and costly livestock loss every year from farm predators. It has become unpopular to use poison and traps so many alternative solutions have been introduced. If a farm has had predator loss it will more than likely have repeat offences this is why good farm management is needed in order to eliminate predator loss. If you find a dead sheep or lamb on your land you first need to understand weather it was predation or scavenging. Was the sheep killed by a predator or did it die off something else and was scavenged. You need to become an amateur  CSI detective and look for clues to deter weather  it was predation or scavenging. The key clue is the blood on the carcass and the kill site. Bleeding can only occur before or shortly after death. Hemorrhaging and subsequent bruising will not appear on a sheep that has been scavenged. In extra woolly sheep you may need to shave the neck to check for tooth punctures and bruises. In relation to a new born lamb