Eagles take toll on lambs and farmers call for help

Marian Macdonald
November 22 2019 - 1:00pm
MAJESTIC: A wedge-tailed eagle feeds its young chick. Photo by Simon Cherriman.
MAJESTIC: A wedge-tailed eagle feeds its young chick. Photo by Simon Cherriman.

Farmers are calling on the government to help them cope with the toll wedge-tailed eagles are taking on lambs and a researcher believes the answer may lie in discouraging large groups of juveniles that hunt in packs.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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