“Ah, the key word in this article is “cheaper”, as in donkeys are cheaper to own than a livestock guardian dog. I had no idea this notion of using donkeys or mules as guard dogs was becoming popular – as a GOOD idea – until I read this article.īut in response to promoting and encouraging farmers to use donkeys in this manner, Deb Collins Kidwell of Lake Nowhere Mule and Donkey Farm in Tennessee writes: Whether your donkey protects his friends and family, the same way my horses will run off or strike out at coyotes, is no reason to assign an herbivore the job of guarding a group of other herbivores! This story does highlight an important issue though – one of which I was previously unaware – is that people ARE using mules and donkeys instead of guard dogs and expecting them to be able to guard livestock! Although the mule seemed to become more aggressive with each hunt, he has never gone after a live cat and the mountain lion had already been shot when these pictures were taken. The REAL story is found in this magazine article and states that the guy riding the mule commonly hunts mountain lions. That’s a pretty good story eh?! Unfortunately, it’s not true! That’s when all hell broke loose for the lion.įortunately, even though the hunter didn’t get off a shot, his wife got off these four pictures. With that, the mule took off and decided HE wanted a piece of that lion. The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion, a mountain lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you’ll see the dogs in the background watching). This may be a first… A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. When I first saw this story on Facebook, I traced it back to Andy Andrews site:
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