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Long life

A dog mess or two is not too high a price to pay for an owner’s happiness

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

A month ago I was reporting complacently that peace and calm had returned to Stoke Park after a series of bestial attacks on my chickens and ducklings by foxes and birds of prey. No foxes had come to call since the spring, and seven of the eight Indian runner ducks hatched here in September had survived and grown big enough to deter avian predators.

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