- Location
- Scottish Highlands
A good friend of mine was a gamekeeper for most of his life and he told me several stories of golden eagles taking sandy coloured (Fell) terriers, also foxes. He'd bolted one fox from a den with his terriers, then missed his footing in the excitement and couldn't get a shot at it. Just when he was cursing for the fox escaping, there was a rush of wings and an eagle grabbed it! He also had one of his terriers taken in a similar way, but the eagle dropped it when he fired his rifle. Fortunately it survived.