Roughly translated by TWIN Observer
SKURUP–The three llamas who attempts to guard sheep in Näsbyholm outside Skåne Skurup against wolves – and dogs – are in place. The idea is that the 130-pound, spitting and kicking camel animals to scare away the four-legged invaders.
In the U.S., llamas are used successfully to protect the free range herds of domestic animals against both cougars and coyotes. In collaboration with the sheep owner in two places in Skåne the county government is to test if the method also works here.
“We hope that Lamas should stand between the sheep and the attacking wolf or dog,” said County Administrative predators Officer Bertil Nilsson.
Both Näsbyholm and on the second test site Ravlunda have been ravaged by wolves last fall, leaving nearly a hundred wounded and killed sheep.
Skåne was the county with the highest domestic animals attacked by wolves in 2012. Yet, attacking dogs are an even bigger problem for sheep owners.