• call_me_xale@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Are the foxes actually predating them, though? Or just eating sheep that died in other ways?

    (Not to say that the evidence is bad, just that I’m still genuinely curious how the foxes are getting them lol)

    • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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      1 month ago

      I also don’t know anything relevant, but:

      sheep making up to two thirds of their stomach contents

      This is a lot of sheep to have just “happened upon” and over a biggish area (Gingin to Corrigin to Mt Barker) (Gingin to Mt Barker is 63 miles by a slightly curving road).