I hear these stories and because of that (and many other things) ms lilah has never had the roam of our property but oh my goodness- to read the article and then jay- I did not know that about Cali, what a horrifying experience and what a major bad a$$ Cali is!
We also have kept livestock on our property and have enough battles with raccoons, coyotes and mountain cats, hawks are a whole mother trouble becausse they will come in the middle of the day when you don't expect them and as an air strike which we are usually not prepared for. We have lost a few chickens to hawks and our poultry pen is now topped with bird netting.
As it stands, lilah is a leash outside gal but I have often dreampt of having a secure off leash area for her on our property. You can bet when that's built that there will be a top on it! Thanks for sharing this story jenny