OnFARM Podcast: Eagle predation: are 'guardian dogs' an answer?

As eagle numbers grow in parts of Scotland, so do farmers' concerns over livestock predation.

At Rothiemurchus falconry outside Aviemore, Jonny Ames believes he might have an answer. He is training two Italian Maremma 'guardian dogs' - called Luigi and Peaches - to live 24/7 in fields with livestock, to guard sheep from birds-of-prey.

He is looking to find volunteer farmers keen to trial the dogs in coming months.

Thanks as ever to Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew for supporting this episode of OnFARM.

Listen in full: https://pod.fo/e/1fcaf4