Farmer Butch Pilley says their impact on wild dog attacks has been ‘quite remarkable’
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Wild dogs had been a major problem for New South Wales farmer Butch Pilley, killing up to 30 sheep a night on his Hill End property.
But three years on from introducing two trained donkeys as guardian animals, not a single killing has been recorded on the central tablelands farm.
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