Posted : 1/6/2009 2:54:21 PM
An article about Maremmas guarding penguins:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/sheepdogs-used-to-guard-troubled-penguin-colony.php
Posted : 1/6/2009 3:04:27 PM
Thanks for linking! I heard about this experiment a while ago and I just love, love, love it.
Posted : 1/6/2009 9:04:47 PM
Whoa thats cool. I wonder how the dogs get food, tho. Probably someone drives food out to them daily since the penguins are monitered so often. Using LSGs on an endangered species. Thats a pretty smart idea.
Posted : 1/7/2009 7:06:39 PM
I think the farmer who owns the dog takes food out. I suspect they have a self-feeding station. I wish more people would utilize these amazing dogs in the way they were meant to be used.