NOT GOOD ENOUGH BARNABY!

I have no doubt that my Grandfather will be turning over in his grave as our current Australian Government seems destined to drive our economy into the ground.

My Grandfather fought in World War 2 to keep this country safe and free from tyranny and here we have our elected leaders showing no common sense and openly ignoring the facts.

It's even a more bitter pill to swallow as a person from Central Queensland.

Like other regional areas we rely on our elected politicians to actually represent us. Lately we just seem to be shaking our heads at the decisions coming out of Canberra and our State Governments. I'm sure I'm not alone as we witness our own National Party sell out the people who put them in that position to protect us from what is happening.

We saw Barnaby Joyce sprouting how he would not be bowing down to the senior party in their coalition and that he would in fact be ensuring that common sense did prevail when it came to whether Australia would be making a commitment to zero emissions by 2050 or not.

China emitted over 5 billion tons of CO2 in 2019 which is nearly 30% of global emissions. Combined with Russia and India together their emissions were over 50%.

Australia contributes way under 1% of global emissions and is reliant on coal for 70% of our power needs. You could shut the entire country down and it would virtually make no difference to the worlds CO2 emissions.

In fact China and India are currently building enormous numbers of new coal fired power stations and yet here we are ready to shut down our country and the reasons it seems are all based on lies.

I don't know why these decisions are being made but I think we can safely say that except for a very few, our own elected representatives aren't making too much noise against it and I haven't heard one of them yet threaten to leave their party because of it.

Barnaby's pathetic rhetoric has resulted in the National Party receiving an extra seat in the ministry and according to Barnaby, money for the regions. He has refused however to say exactly what it is we are supposed to have gained and you don't have to be a genius to know that his promises are like him, a waste of time. The same as his promise that the National Party would not sell out to whoever is pushing this agenda to bankrupt our country.

What I do know is that we need to hold them all accountable and put them last on the ballet paper at the next election. That doesn't mean put the opposition party ahead of them either but it does mean we need to seriously look at our choices and ensure that the person you are electing is openly stating how he is going to represent you in parliament, regardless of what party he is in. You may not like Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson but one thing is for sure, they have the guts to stand up for Australia and stand up for the interests of all Australians.

We are well passed the stage where we can afford to continue voting the same way our parents did or the simple fact that you have “always voted for the Nationals” or whoever.

The time to change our vote is now. We need to find the courage to do so and hold our heads up high as we drop that ballet paper into the box. We need to do this at the next election before it is too late. They are treating us like sheep – so lets show them how wrong they are.

Don't just do it for yourselves but do it for your kids and their kids.

by David McLintock

 Can our lives be disease free?

How to be there for our grandkids and still be healthy enough to enjoy this time!

There are alarming statistics on the health of Australians and in particular, how many of us are overweight and/or obese. We may not be quite at the level of the USA but it would seem we are doing our best to catch up with them.

With 67% of Australian adults overweight and 31% of those being obese maybe it's time we put some thought into our lifestyles. Even 25% of our children are overweight with 8% of them obese.

Our future can be one to look forward to but it is up to us to make that choice. Is there any of us who doesn't want to to be healthy as we grow older and to be there for our children and grandchildren? The list of benefits for us are a mile long. The alternative is not a pretty one. If we choose to do nothing with comments like “we gotta die from something” then so be it but we have the chance now to avoid the diabetes, heart disease, dementia, strokes, cancers and even mental health issues. It really boils down to the question of whether we want the “short term pleasures” or the “long term gains”? We all know someone suffering, whether a family member or a family friend but I'm sure if given the choice that we are facing now, then they would have chosen a different road when it comes to their health.

So how do we make the change?

Step number one is to come to the realisation that our Doctors are the last place we should be going for advice on how to get healthy. When it comes to diseases, doctors are great at telling us what we have but when it comes to telling us why we have them, most of them don't have a clue. The reason for this is that they are not trained to prevent disease but in how to manage them. Sometimes this can be essential for example, if you were to suddenly develop pneumonia, meningitis, broken bones, appendicitis or even having babies then they are definitely who we want to see right away. Unfortunately with the majority of diseases our modern world is facing now (as mentioned above), especially for those of us becoming the “older generation”, these diseases have been developing over many previous decades.

Unfortunately the big pharma industry does not want us to “see the light” and take control of our own health outcomes. Put simply there is just too much money to be made from the system we have now. Live life to the fullest when we are young and let the doctors fill you up with their chemicals as we get older. Its a downhill path and most of what our so called health advisers are telling us is nothing short of bollocks.

As well as our diets failing our bodies needs, our society continually bombards it with agricultural chemicals and those chemicals being added to our foods and personal products as well. When we are young our body has a fighting chance of clearing out all those nasty sprays and additives but eventually it starts to lose the fight as it isn't getting the fuel to keep the battle going.

As if that isn't enough then along comes Covid19 to really test out our defences.

Once again we are told by the health “professionals” that the only answer is to put chemicals into your body. Not only chemicals but a concoction that is completely experimental and no one knows just what the long term outcomes of these new vaccinations are going to be?

There is no doubt any longer that this “new” virus was created in a laboratory in China and that these experiments are still continuing today and creating even more deadly strains. Their excuse is that they need to do this in order to be ready with a vaccination to fight it. Once again my reaction to this statement is “bollocks”. If they had never played with the viruses to start with we wouldn't be in this situation now.

So here we are facing the same question again. Do we rely on these people for our health or do we take charge of this responsibility ourselves. Big Pharma is already on vaccination number 3 (calling it a booster) and have just had approval to pump this poison into our children down to the age of 5 in America. No doubt our politicians in Australia will endorse the same for our kids here. It does beg the question as to the credibility of our politicians as most of their decisions are based on total lies and fabrications around the truth.

The winners, big pharma.....the losers, the Australian people.

Getting back to our overweight and obese Australians, it would seem that anyone in this category could very well be susceptible to the covid19 virus and may benefit from the vaccination. But regardless of whether you choose to vaccinate or not, we can still improve our lifestyle and at the same time boost our immune system.

Step number 2 would be to find out as much as you can about diet and what to eat and what supplements may be needed. This you can do by research and trusting your gut as to what to believe and not believe. Combine this with visiting a naturopath and preferably one that is recommended to you by family or friends. Remember that a healthy diet still requires your body to exercise on a regular basis to fully become a fit, fighting machine because this is exactly what our bodies are......they are simply amazing and designed to survive. We just have to give them the right fuel and exercise for them to be able to do their thing.

The long term benefits – holding your grandkids and great grandkids and sharing in their lives.

by David McLintock

(NB:  This is an opinion piece and not to be taken as medical advice)

Can You Really Trust Your Doctor? 

(An opinion - not medical advice)

We have been told for decades that saturated fats and cholesterol are bad for us and the main cause for heart disease.

It seems like forever that we have all been shopping “low fat” and cutting down on butter and replacing it with margarine's etc.

The truth is however completely the opposite. Cholesterol is not the enemy and science has known this for some time now but of course big pharma and the likes of the Heart Foundation don't want to hear it and more importantly, don't want you to hear it.

The Heart Foundation is still pushing polyunsaturated fats and the like even though the science shows that the whole low fat bad cholesterol theory was based on lies from the very start.

My own experience with several doctors regarding my cholesterol blood tests have resulted in me receiving the same advice from each doctor. You need to take statins or you are at risk of dying from a heart attack.

When I responded to the first doctor I was seeing in a clinic in Rockhampton, that "I would take a look at my diet first before taking statins", his response was very interesting. He was on the verge of going into a rage and started ranting about how he had “done 7 years university training as a doctor and then another 4 years doing something or other after that, but then what would he know, as I obviously knew more than him”.

Thankfully I didn't let his rant sway my gut feeling on the matter and simply walked out of his office never to return. I of course did change doctors and was given the same advice over the next several years after having fresh cholesterol blood tests taken. I am happy to say that their response was much more professional.

In fact the very same people who are now telling us that the covid vaccines are a good thing and will save your life have been telling us the same thing about the low fat low cholesterol diet supplemented with statin drugs.

Why on earth would we take any notice of them?

When you can't understand why decisions have been made and are still being made even though there is no logic or common sense or in fact science to back it up, then we need to follow the money.

When you look to see who is profiting by this myth then you don't have to look too far. The very same people who have brought us the Pfizer covid vaccination are still making billions of dollars every year from statin drugs to lower cholesterol.

Statins are the most widely prescribed drugs in the history of medicine. They have been pumping them out since the 1980's.

The problem is that statins inhibit the enzyme which is also required for essential molecules like Co Enzyme Q10. Q10 is essential for heart function so how is that for irony. Our medical professionals are prescribing a drug that they say will save us from heart attacks and is in fact very likely to be a major cause in us having one.

"They" try to tell us or have us believe that cholesterol is a toxic substance that we can do without in our bodies but in fact cholesterol is one of our most important molecules throughout our bodies including our brains. It is in fact a very complex molecule and essential to our very existence and to think that “big pharma” is willing to cover up the truth about it so as to continue making their billions and billions of dollars is shameful although not surprising.

Statins have a long list of side effects and could very well be a big cause of diabetes. The thing is with the “side effects” is that medical trials are often manipulated by having a washout period which means before they choose the people who are going to be in the trial they give everybody the drug and the people who have side effects get excluded from the trial. They then divide the remaining people up into the group taking the drug and the other taking the placebo. So of course the side effects from the drug group are going to be much lower than otherwise would be as all those people who had side effects were never allowed into the trial. This in itself proves that those companies who are using this method with their trials couldn't care less about anything else other than stacking the statistics in their favour and ultimately making them tons of money.

I am at the stage where I basically am afraid to trust anyone offering me so called medical advice, no matter how well intended. Your average doctor hasn't got a clue as to how to make you healthy he simply looks for an illness or disease and treats these. They may be extending our lives and having us live longer but the quality of health is simply not there. Doctors need to be taking more responsibility of their patients health and not simply giving them a drug to eliminate a current problem.

Why would anyone put their lives in the hands of someone who is willing to prescribe a statin drug to you when he is unwilling to look into whether they actually are going to do anything for you. He does so because the drug companies tell him this is what he should do. I might be willing to understand how it came about decades ago when the lie was first spun in order to create the low fat low cholesterol diet industry but science is telling us today that it was all a lie yet we see doctors and the heart foundation and of course big pharma still pushing the same money making mistruth.

When ABC's Catalyst program put to air a two part program “The heart of the matter” in 2013,  which exposed all the lies regarding low fat and also on statins it was initially hailed as a “breakthrough” series. It exposed the myth that the consumption of animal fats causes heart attacks and how we have all been sucked in by the greatest scientific deception of our time. Part 2 also showed us just how statins are not going to stop you having a heart attack and in fact could very well be a risk of giving you one.

The response from big pharma and the Heart Foundation was predictable but an orchestrated campaign was also mounted to discredit the program and what ultimately got the program cancelled was the ABC's own health commentator Dr Norman Swan who went on National radio and said that “people will die if they watch the Catalyst program”. Sydney cardiologist Dr David Celemajer stated “ABC has blood on it's hands” in the Sydney Morning Herald.

The facts are that everything the Catalyst show put across air was factual and fully backed up by science yet “our ABC” pulled the program.

Is it a bit of a coincidence that we have had Norman Swan pushing the vaccination line every week on air since covid first hit our shores? He has been unrelenting on his ABC radio program Coronacast and once again it seems he is ignoring the science the same way he did when he stuck it into the Catalyst program.  He is no doubt still pushing his “low fat diet and low cholesterol rhetoric” even though the science says it is wrong. Should we be listening to his recommendations now on covid vaccinations after he got it so wrong with the statins?

Someone rang up the ABC local Capricornia radio the other day when they were discussing the number of people still not vaccinated in Queensland and a lady texted them saying, “ can we hold the restaurant management accountable if they allow an unvaccinated person in while they are there as a  fully vaccinated family and they were to get covid from them?” The announcer didn't once question the science of this question. He should have said that vaccinated people are spreading the virus just as much or more as the unvaccinated and shot her down with the science. But no-one wants to talk about the facts. They are just doing the job that “big pharma” wants them to and simply ignore the facts.

Not once have I heard from anyone the reasoning as to why we need a covid passport to tell us who has been vaccinated and who has not.

Vaccinated people are still catching the virus and are still spreading it and some countries have reported that vaccinated people are actually spreading it worse as they are carrying more of the virus than the unvaccinated.

So surely, it is the unvaccinated people who should be concerned with the vaccinated. Why are people losing their jobs if they don't get the mandated jab? It's absolutely ludicrous what is happening and once again, if you follow the money where does it lead.......the people making the vaccines.

Why our politicians are being led like sheep and our so called medical experts is beyond me?

I can say however that if you want to put your life in the hands of our politicians, our medical GP's and the drug companies, then go ahead, make their day!

Of further interest as an alternative to saturated fats being the cause of heart disease you might like to read the following.....This has a familiar ending for John Yudkin as per the Catalyst program.

The sugar controversy

In 1972, Pure, White and Deadly was published, written by John Yudkin for a lay readership. Its intention was to summarize the evidence that the over-consumption of sugar was leading to a greatly increased incidence of coronary thrombosis, and that in addition it was certainly involved in dental caries, probably involved in obesity, diabetes and liver disease, and possibly involved in gout, dyspepsia and some cancers.

Yudkin ended the first Chapter: "I hope that when you have read this book I shall have convinced you that sugar is really dangerous." This message was extremely unwelcome to the sugar industry and manufacturers of processed foods. The final Chapter of Pure, White and Deadly lists several examples of attempts to interfere with the funding of his research and to prevent its publication. It also refers to the rancorous language and personal smears used by Ancel Keys to dismiss the evidence that sugar was the true culprit.

Keys wrote, for example:

It is clear that Yudkin has no theoretical basis or experimental evidence to support his claim for a major influence of dietary sucrose in the etiology of CHD; his claim that men who have CHD are excessive sugar eaters is nowhere confirmed but is disproved by many studies superior in methodology and/or magnitude to his own; and his "evidence" from population statistics and time trends will not bear up under the most elementary critical examination. But the propaganda keeps on reverberating ...[54] Unfortunately, Yudkin's views appeal to some commercial interests with the result that this discredited propaganda is periodically rebroadcast to the general public of many countries.[55]

The efforts to discredit the case against sugar were largely successful, and by the time of Yudkin's death in 1995 his warnings were, for the most part, no longer being taken seriously.[citation needed]

Yudkin's arguments and evidence for the dangers of sugar were the focus of several articles in the British Medical Journal of 19 January 2013.[56]

In 2009, Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist of the University of California, San Francisco, Medical School who has a special interest in childhood obesity, made a video called Sugar: The Bitter Truth. Lustig had independently re-discovered and confirmed Yudkin's findings and, pointing to "a hole as big as the one in the USS Cole" in Keys' regression analysis of CHD versus fat and sugar, asked his audience, "Am I debunking?"[57]

CHINA - How do we stop it?

China's relentless power grab and greed.  How safe is Australia and it's neighbours?

 

China's military might grows and the rest of the world should be paying attention

China's relationship with the world is basically one of contempt. It has no morals or scruples and it appears that it is willing to commit any atrocity for it's own gains.

I don't think there is any doubt that all nations should be greatly concerned with China's plans for expanding and taking control of new territories.

It's support of North Korea and the like says it all. With Tibet and Hong Kong prime examples as well as their latest atrocities in the South China Sea, it seems the rest of the world is afraid to take action against them let alone condemn them in fear of China's response. They have openly said they will take control of Taiwan again and only yesterday recalled their ambassador to Lithuania for them allowing Taiwan to have it's own office there in it's own name.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry statement called on Lithuania to “immediately rectify its wrong decision, take concrete measures to undo the damage, and not to move further down the wrong path.”

Well done Lithuania. If only Australia had a similar pair and followed suit.

China Upholds Death Sentence for Canadian Man

Yesterday also saw China's court uphold a Canadian man's death sentence for drug smuggling. He was arrested following a Huawei executive being detained in Canada, which saw two Canadian businessmen arrested in China in retaliation. One of the men was originally given a 15 year sentence yet on appeal he was subsequently condemned to death by a Chinese court which was confirmed again on appeal and announced yesterday.

Why aren't Chinese Australians standing up and condemning China over it's brutal treatment of anyone who dares to stand up to their bullying. With at least a million Chinese living here in Australia it would be comforting to know that their allegiances actually lie with Australia and not China.

China has showed that the lives of ordinary people have no importance to them in their quest for global power and will not hesitate to crush anyone or any country for that matter should they dare to oppose the direction the Chinese leadership has chosen to go.

Maybe the only real solution to China's threat to the “free world” is to form a trade agreement with all major countries and exclude China from being part of it. Take away their money and we take away their power or is that being too simplistic? Maybe so but should China lose the ability to trade with the rest of the world or at least the major countries of the world then I don't think they would be anywhere near the threat they are now and believe this, they are a threat and I fear for our children as I truly believe that our future could see the Chinese machine simply walk right into Australia and take it from under our noses.

You think that's impossible? Twenty years ago we had eight oil refineries around the country and now we have only two and they are struggling. How difficult would it be for China to stop the supply of oil and fuel to Australia from the likes of Singapore?  Not too hard I would think. It is estimated that our fuel supply would dry up within 30 days if fuel imports ceased. How could we run a defence force without any fuel?

But then that's yet another story. The truth is what's happening to our country is a joke and what China is getting away with is an even bigger joke except no-one is laughing (except China that is.)

by David McLintock

Queensland Politician Needs Our Support

Mr James Lister MP

With youth crime out of control in Queensland it is refreshing to actually see a politician trying to do something about it.

Mr James Lister, the LNP member for Southern Downs has lodged an E-Petition at the Queensland Parliament and is seeking our support to stop offenders from breaching their bail conditions.

I personally would like to see him take an even bolder step and push for mandatory sentencing for home invasions but one step at a time.

Mr Lister's petition is definitely a step in the right direction as those committing these offences are usually repeat offenders and have little or no respect for any bail conditions placed upon them.

So I would ask everyone to spend one minute to sign Mr Lister's petition. It's easy and takes a minuscule of time to complete. The link to go directly to his petition for signing is.....

https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/petition-details?id=3492

The following is the wording for Mr Lister's petition. If you are a Queenslander and you support it's wording then please support this man in his attempt to make our homes and our communities a safer place to live.

TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House the problem of recidivist crime in the towns of Goondiwindi, Warwick and others throughout the state. 

We believe that:

- the occurrence of break-and-enters, car thefts, vandalisms, assaults, dangerous driving and other crimes has grown due to the repeal of the offence of breach of bail during the first term of the Palaszczuk Government;

- the current criminal law does not result in adequate consequences for offenders, and provides no deterrent whatsoever against breaching their bail conditions;

- the efforts of our police to prevent crime are frustrated by an inadequacy of consequences for repeat offenders;

- good, law-abiding citizens are entitled to protection from those who are not, regardless of how sad offenders' personal stories and backgrounds may be; 

- the freedoms enjoyed by offenders on bail are a privilege, not a right, and to prevent further criminal acts, offenders should be detained when they breach their bail conditions; and

- the return of the offence of breach of bail in Queensland is an essential step to returning lawfulness to our communities and to protecting the safety and property of law-abiding people.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to legislate to return the offence of breach of bail to Queensland law, and to proscribe sufficient mandatory penalties to ensure that the breach of bail by offenders is effectively deterred.

Photo obtained from Mr Lister's Queensland Government page.

Goovigen introduces new sport for all the family

In the small Central Queensland town of Goovigen, one local tennis club member has brought renewed interest to the area by introducing Pickleball. This is a new game which is similar to tennis only with some clever modifications.

Being older no longer means "too old to play"

Goovigen local Barbara Ball has been playing tennis most of her life, socially and competitively and when she heard about this game, decided to give it a try and ordered a set of bats and balls.

“Pickleball could very well be the fasted growing sport on the planet and once you have given it a try it's easy to understand why,” Mrs Ball said. “I set out the new court dimensions on our local tennis courts and invited people in to give it a try.”

“I was amazed at just how much fun it is and at the same time you get a good workout without having to run all over the court,” she said.

 It's a fun game for everyone

“Everyone that gives it a try seems to fall in love with it and comes back for more each week,” Mrs Ball said. “On a recent Friday night we played a match where I had my grandson Will playing with his mum against myself and my son Anthony. What's so wonderful about this is that we not only get to play a sport together (three generations) but it is still very competitive even with such a difference in the ages on court.”

This new tennis craze is a paddle sport that anyone can play even if you have never played tennis before. It's quick to pickup and whether you are young or old, everyone is having fun and playing competitively.

Pickleball is really a combination of tennis, badminton and ping pong and is played in an area the same as a badminton court. The paddles are usually a composite material with a honeycomb format inside and are a size somewhere between a tennis racquet and a ping pong bat. The game is played using perforated polymer balls with just enough rule changes to keep the game flowing.

All ages can be on the court for the one game

Anthony Ball, the President of the Goovigen Tennis club said that the changes to the normal tennis rules are very well thought out as it stops the server from being able to dominate at the net and also all players from being able to do so during the rallies.

“There is an area on either side of the net that is affectionately called “the kitchen” and if you step into this area whilst playing a volley then you lose that rally,” Anthony said

“It's so much easier on the body and the game really focuses on your reflexes and hones up your directional skills when hitting the ball,” Barbara said. “We have two young ladies at the club who have never even held a tennis racquet in their hands before and after only two nights now coming to our Pickleball Friday nights, they are already hitting the ball like champions and best of all they are having a ton of fun as well.”

 Pickleball is here to enjoy

So whether you are young or old or somewhere in the middle, whether you have been playing tennis your whole life or have never walked onto a tennis court before, if you love having fun but at the same time still get a buzz from competitive sport then give Goovigen Pickleball a try. It's fun to watch and even more fun to play.

Goovigen Pickleball is held every Friday night commencing 7.00pm at the Goovigen tennis courts.  For further information phone 0412962305.

Photos supplied from the internet.

Donkeys preventing wild dog attacks on livestock!

 Are Donkeys the Answer to your stock losses?

Wild dogs are a growing concern for graziers throughout Australia. Wild dogs include not just dingoes but feral domestic dogs and hybrid mixes of the two.

Dog attacks on livestock are happening throughout the country including Central Queensland. Wild dogs do not limit their attacks just to sheep but to all kinds of stock including cattle and goats. All these animals are most susceptible when giving birth as this is when packs of wild dogs target the mothers and draw them away leaving their babies unprotected.

Family pet Amigo 

One local farmer believes that they have the answer to these increasingly horrid attacks. Peter McLintock runs the McLintock family farm at Goovigen and part of their property is dedicated to breeding donkeys. Peter along with the help of his brother David, are seeing more and more donkeys being purchased as “Guard Donkeys” as the number of dog attacks increase across the state.

“This isn't just a Northern Australian or “Outback” Queensland problem any more,” David says.

“Dog attacks are happening right here in Central Queensland and on a regular basis.”

David says he has regular phone calls from people desperate for a solution as they have been losing mostly newborns and young stock from continual dog attacks.

“I have people telling me horrendous stories of how they have been losing stock for years and the problem is only getting worse,” he said. “One family came back from holidays only to find a huge number of their sheep and goats had been slaughtered. They didn't even eat all they killed as they obviously were in a frenzy and just kept killing.”

“Donkeys are the ideal guard animal as they simply hate dogs,” David said. “One local grazier was regularly losing calves every year and then they bought 4 Jacks off us to run on 600 acres. This was 2 years ago and since then they haven't lost one calf. Their donkeys have become part of the herd and actually go out of their way to protect the mothers during their calving times.”

David went on to say that he follows up on all the donkeys that leave the farm and to date every one who has purchased donkeys for guard duties has said the same thing – no more dog problems.

Baby donkeys are a great age to start as pets

“Although one donkey can protect a lot of stock as he sees them as his family, it is simply not possible for one donkey to protect a large herd over a huge number of acres,” David stated. “Donkeys need to be in the area where the dogs are predating and to do this effectively, more than one donkey is required on larger properties. Once the donkey either sees or hears the dogs he or she will attack them. However if there is only one donkey on a larger property then you run the risk of some of the dogs drawing the guard donkey away from the mothers and leaving their babies vulnerable to the remaining dogs.”

Because donkeys are a herd animal they bond perfectly with other animals and once that bond has been made your donkey will protect his new family to the extent that he will chase down the dog or dogs, killing them or injuring them with either his hooves or his teeth or an onslaught of the two.”

“Donkeys are very intelligent animals and are fearless when it comes to dogs,” David said.

“Having said that, donkeys make the most wonderful pets,” he went on to say. “Usually we recommend donkeys to be either 2 years old or above if wanting them to protect stock immediately.” However, by getting your donkey as a baby you get the best of both worlds. Donkeys thrive on affection and in a short number of weeks after bringing a baby home you will be having the sweetest of cuddles because to the donkey, you are part of his new family.

He will grow up loving you and his new “herd family” you have him running with and once that trust is established between him, the herd and you, getting him to come to you will never be a problem as he will always come over to you wherever he is in the paddock.”

“Donkeys have everything going for them with very few negatives. Once your donkeys have bonded with the herd, their natural herding instinct means they will almost never want to leave them so are not prone to wandering away. This also guarantees that they will be there when the dogs come calling and it also means that those dogs will think twice before calling again and more than likely will go to the neighbours place next time if he hasn't got donkeys.”

“There is no question about it,” David says, “Donkeys are gaining in popularity because they are pure and simply the answer to wild dog problems. They are loving and friendly animals, low cost, minimal maintenance, eat the same foods but much less as your stock and live to a ripe old age.”

Visit Donkeys for Dog Control Facebook and/or phone David on 0749965128 or 0412962305

These four handsome gentlemen have already gone
 to work to protect their new family's herd