runner neil
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Everything posted by runner neil
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Still no other suggestions form you as to other options , I thought a world authority such as yourself would of come up with a few , but no , not even one .
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Of course Roe deer , world renowned for killing and eating sheep ... Don't judge people by your standards of recognition
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You wouldn't know if one was right under your nose
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i do reckon the deer are key and people only suffer livestock problems when the cats are stressed or desperate , so injured , ill or tied down feeding young
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They would probably live to a good age with pretty much no competition for food , you only have to look at the way the deer population has exploded in the Uk in the last twenty years or so . Plus we have a very forgiving climate here , not like they would need to survive extremes as they would in North America etc . Dogs seem to be a favourite of Leopards to eat , check out some of them living in the outskirts of Mumbai and living on the pets and livestock .... On the India connection , how many people live in Mumbai ? And how many know they have Leopards living among them let alone seen one ?
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Back when i was at college a mate of mine had huge trouble loosing sheep , they found all sorts even up a tree ... back in the 90s though so before everyone had mobiles
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What people don't seem to grasp is these cats have massive territories , maybe 60 or so miles across , males even more , we are not talking about creatures of extreme habit like badgers and foxes that have huge numbers on the ground . I remember a chap telling me once he caught a badger in a live trap and sprayed it bright yellow with sheep marker . How many people do you think saw this badger again ? And that's a common animal . Big cats are extremely skilful hunters and can disappear into cover in the blink of an eye . The chances of seeing one in the wild are such a small percentage , i bet
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Still no other suggestions from you either !
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To be fair we don't have a massive problem , some of my mates when we were at college had huge problems back in the 90s . May well take you up on that , taking on more ground towards end of the year , some of which has moorland rights , so expecting a few more issues . We do have a lot of deer round here both reds and roe so no end of natural prey and perfect country for them to live , i think the sheep killing is odd blips if they are hurt or ill
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This was almost identical to mine , if anything the punctures in my lamb were a little wider apart . We have found several deer carcass's in the forestry behind us over the years but not normally fresh enough to positively say what cause of death was . One of the chaps that does the deer stalking for the forestry commission has seen what he described as a Puma very near to me and has heard their calls .
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No i never dip them . Fairly similar but the pelt was pulled up over the head end and the rib cage was a bit more complete , i think our visitor was disturbed before finishing its lunch
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Luckily I had my camera phone earlier to gather evidence. Saw this big cock in my yard .... I think we shall call him Boris
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I have seen a few beavers down here , most of which i would choose to forget ?
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Well put mate
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Thats true mate , but dogs tend to make a mess on sheep whether its the arse or front end
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Possible Gilbey , but fair amount of blood for that and this was definitely no dog attack . I have had dog attacks on my sheep before and the are always ripped generally on the back end , and the neck puncture marks were to deep and big for a dog . Dogs and foxes always leave a lot of wool about their kills as well , this was clean . Yes you are right Badgers do peel things and i have known them take sickly lambs but this was a big lamb and as you say doesn't fit with when Badgers are active
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Not really , you have not given me one valid option of what else it could of been . I don't really care if you believe in what I believe or not , you have your opinion and I personally think you are totally blinkered in your views and as such unless a big cat was actually put right in front of you and chewed your leg off you still wouldn't believe it ..... and i think you mean ' alleged and killing '..... So come on big expert what other options are there for the third or fourth time ?
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Have you seen dog attacks on sheep ? Very messy from ones i have had not clinical like this . Did i say i had pictures of the sheep ? Didnt even have a camera phone at the time . I thought you were the expert
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Ravens wont strip a 40 kg lamb in the time scale , or shear rib bones and bird kills / carion feeding are messy on a sheep , wool everywhere . This was clean like it had been skinned . Not many Ravens about here either they tend to stick to the higher moor ground He is probably looking through the encyclopedia of British Fauna to find a culprit . A stoat maybe or a Tawny owl ?
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Shall we run through a list to discredit your theory Boris ..... lets start with say a mouse , to small i think and not a carnivorous enough to kill and eat a sheep ..... A mole maybe ? A heron ? Where is the expert with the answers ?
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And still no answer on what else it could of been ? But yet you stated it could of been various things ...... So come on expert tell all
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I farm a small area of a large estate comprising about a dozen farms / small holdings , of the farmers i know on the estate every one has either had stock killed in unusual circumstances or seen big cats , thats not to say i have myself but on the other hand i have no reason to disbelieve the men and women i have spoken to ... surprisingly all of the descriptions are very similar both of what they have seen and the remains they have been left with
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Yes but there is also thousands of stags in the uk . Such as what done it then ? I have asked you a few times but you haven't come up with one suggestion . Did your aliens leave sheeps blood all over the patch as well ? I love the fact that you can't partake in sensible debate and resort to childish comments, very mature
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Big red stag in my fields end of last year , time i had got my phone out he had vanished into the forestry . So is that a fairy tale too ? Or doe's it just mean i am busy and don't walk along with my camera on like a Japanese tourist . You still have not given any of your thoughts on what else could of done what happened to my lamb
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So what are all these other possibilities if not cats ?
