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SALES Oley RO2, PA New Holland, PA Elmer, NJ Silverdale, PA 18962 215-987-6277 717-354-4191 609-769-1535 215-257 5136 Goats and sheep protected by watch burros Donkeys get the hee-haw on dogs NEWARK, Del. - Donkeys and goats mow the acreage around the home of Dr. George Haenlem of the Umversity of Delaware. The two, he says, get along well. In fact, the professor produces an mterspecies association by introducing each newborn donkey to the goat herd within the critical first few hours of its life. The donkey is thereby imprinted on the goats, and from this point on, the donkey, basically a shy animal, will defend the goats as aggressively as it would defend one of its own kind. European shepherds have been using basically the same technique for cen turies, explains Haenlem, to produce interspecies associations between their sheep and certain special breeds of dogs. Shepherds introduce the newborn pups to the sheep flock, and the dogs which eventually grow to be about the size of sheep, uncomplainingly spend the rest of their lives as mem bers of the flock. Predators rarely approach such a flock, but even when they do, the sheep-guarding Big blowing capacity j i r for your _ /i—--4 tan tt&AY silos / Send a geyser of silage to the top of 80-foot silos with the 6500 Blower We know you need a high-capacity blower during peak storage times so we gave the 6500 a big 57-mch-diameter fan for extra blowing power And there's less chance of spilling since the 6500 has a wide shaker-pan hopper This hopper extends 14 inches past the fan housing so you get extra room to maneuver your wagon A donkey keeps a watchful eye over the grazing goats outside the home of Dr. George Haenlein, Delaware. dogs advance barking and the sheep close ranks behind, frightening the predator away. Haenlein insists that TW- 7 " Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5,1980—C35 donkeys could make even better goat and sheep protectors than dogs do. A donkey bares its teeth aggressively when provoked, and the gesture is threatening enough to cause a hungry dog to change its mind about lamb chops for dinner. But a guard donkey is even better than a guard dog, Haenlem explains, because of its diet. Like sheep and goats, donkeys eat vegetation. Dogs of course, eat meat or dog food. A sheep-guarding dog requires a human somewhere in the picture to give it a suitable dinner. A sheep-guarding donkey could graze right along with the flock, caring for its charges without human labor. Maryland sheep breeder, Tom Moms says the theory works. The Reisterstown fanner runs donkeys with his sheep eight to ten per field. He bought them after a terrible night in which dogs killed 56 of his sheep, and he hasn’t had any trouble with predators since. Moms’ donkeys aren’t imprinted specifically on sheep, Haeidein explains. They are just ordinary donkeys, yet some turn out to be naturally good sheep protectors. Moms just uses the ones that will do the job. The wild burros in the Grand Canyon must find new homes or they’ll face the business end of a park ranger’s rifle. Haenlein hopes that some of the wild burros will be adopted by sheep and goat breeders to guard their flocks. A free publication listed in the current issue of the Federal Government’s Consumer Information Catalog, So You’d Like to Adopt a Wild Horse or Burro?, explains the Government’s program to find new homes for burros, the care these animals need and how to apply for one.
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