Jamies MacLean, a Scottish farmer who has watched eagles on the wing, says that a white-tailed eagle in flight can snatch a lamb from a hillside and bear it off to the sea in less than a minute.
To avoid such risks, the eagles will be released in small batches, so that if one is shot the survivors can continue the species. The eagles will be released in small batches, so that, if one is shot, the survivors can continue the species. The eagles will be released in small batches, so that, if one is shot, the survivors can continue the species. The white-tailed eagles will be released in batches of from three to five birds each, at intervals of three years, in order to ensure a continuance of the species.
Original dispatch: White-tailed eagles to be released in Exmoor despite farmer warnings