Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — EAGLES OF SHETLAND. [ARTICLE]

EAGLES OF SHETLAND.

So Annoying That Gulls Were Encouraged to Fight Them. In Fonla, one of the Shetland Islands. the natives make a business of rearing skau gulls in order to rid the Island of eagles that congregate there and commit many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the northwestern coast became a favorite haunt of the eagles, and in this inaccessible spot they increased so rapidly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this isolated spot The skau gulls are also strong and fierce and the inveterate foes of the eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of FOnla hit upon the novel plan of feeding and oaring for the skau gulls, which, though formidable to their feathered enemies, are very peaceful and docile when brought in contact with man.