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Farming family's anguish as 220 lambs taken by sea eagles

Sea eagle predation along Scotland’s western seaboard is becoming a rapidly increasing threat to hill farming as lamb losses mount.

Ewan Pate
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Farming family's anguish as 220 lambs taken by sea eagles

Sea eagle predation along Scotland's western seaboard is becoming a rapidly increasing threat to hill farming as lamb losses mount. Inveraray farmers Ricky and Kirsten Rennie believe they have lost...

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