Farm animals such as sheep and goats, which are most at risk from large carnivores, as well as cattle and horses, can be effectively
Livestock guarding dogs
Excursion to the Abruzzo region
LIFEstockProtect, together with Maschinenring Tirol, organised an excursion for shepherds, mountain pasture managers, and sheep and cattle farmers. The excursion took the participants to
Campo Imperatore 2023: Big shepherd meeting in Abruzzo
Campo Imperatore 2023: A unique shepherd’s festival. More than a thousand sheep, a hundred Maremmano Abruzese, dozens of shepherds and thousands of tourists gathered
Getting to know LGDs – a week of excursions in South Tyrol
Authors: Jan Wieczor/Christian Raffetseder This pasture season in the Stelvio Pass, livestock protection was practiced with livestock guarding dogs from Abruzzo. The young shepherdess
Livestock protection on high alpine terrain
Around Sulden, shepherdess Celia Martinez Aragon practises guided grazing beneath the Ortlers, which have an altitude of 2700m above sea level, with her 6
Encounters with livestock guarding dogs in tourism areas
Celia the shepherdess guides her 400 sheep and goats, as well as 6 Cane di Pastore Maremmano Abruzzese livestock guarding dogs and her 3
Shepherding with livestock guarding dogs in Stelvio National Park
The Stelvio National Park, with its green meadows and white peaks up to 3905m high, borders the Swiss Engadin National Park in the Grisons
Well protected: Livestock guarding dogs on the Soy-Alm
On Sunday, the 24th of July, a group of interested people from the general public, accompanied by pet dogs, hiked up to the Soy-Alm
The livestock protection courses are kicking off with dog days in South Tyrol!
The parter from South Tyrol, together with the Salern competence centre, organised the two first trainings on the topic of livestock guarding and herding
Working dogs you might see on pastures
Happy 2022 from LIFEstockProtect! As the project is moving towards training dog teams for work with our competence centres, we thought it would be