PLANES FRIGHTEN STOCK
In Europe and America complaints are common about the damaging effect upon stock of planes flying low. Breeding ewes elose to lambing are often frightened badly by low-flying planes, and considerable losses have been reported. The trouble is not as serious in England as it is reported to be in Europe and America, but even in England complaints are frequently made. In one case a Wiltshire shepherd reported that low-flying planes were observed over a flock of 250 crossbred ewes abou'; the time of joining. When it came to lambing the shepherd had to “draw” a record percentage of lambs from the ewes, and many of the ewes and lambs were lost. Cattle and horses, it is said, becoming accustomed to the low-flying planes, are not affected as are sheep, but there have been calving and foaling losses from the same cause. In most countries, however, the authorities are alive to the trouble, and are preventing low flying.
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Southland Times, Issue 23320, 2 October 1937, Page 14
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161PLANES FRIGHTEN STOCK Southland Times, Issue 23320, 2 October 1937, Page 14
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