Guardian dogs protecting hundreds of sheep from wild dog attacks in outback WA

 Sleepy and friendly, these seemingly docile dogs are proving capable of protecting hundreds of sheep and lambs from wild dog attacks in outback Western Australia. 

After enduring years of her livestock being killed by wild dogs on her pastoral property near Yalgoo, Gemma Cripps was at the end of her tether. 

"We thought we were going to give up, it was too hard and too heartbreaking, knowing that you are losing that many animals to something you can't control," she said. 

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-16/maremmas-protecting-pastoral-sheep-outback-wa/101320626



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