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Zhou Hongzhong sighed, "The people at the zoo said that this is really a troublesome eagle, and there's nothing they can do about it."

Shi Wen, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "It's a protected animal, so most people don't dare to do anything to it and tend to spoil it. As a result, its temper has gotten worse. When it was in the zoo, it only ate free-range chicken and nothing else."

Shi Wen, "Are there free-range chickens to eat at the zoo?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "Are you still going to listen or not?"

Shi Wen, "Listen, listen, you continue."

"In short, it was a particularly picky white-shouldered eagle. The zoo kept it for a while but then realized they couldn't afford to keep it, so they submitted a report and released it," Zhou Hongzhong said. "Right after it was released, it went to other herders' homes to steal chickens."

Shi Wen: "And then?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "It stole a few times before being caught. It only stole free-range chickens, which made it even more picky about chickens. When it was sent back to the rescue station, it also killed all the chickens there."

Zhou Hongzhong: "The comrades over there had no choice but to send it to the Northeast, but unexpectedly it came back. I'm telling you this to give you a heads-up; this white-shouldered eagle is a bit difficult to handle."

Shi Wen agreed, "That's true."

Zhou Hongzhong sighed, "It seems to know it's a protected animal. Taking advantage of its status, it dares to steal chickens from anywhere, and even stole chickens from the soldiers' area."

Shi Wen looked up at the sky and said, "We can't let this go. Do you want to come over? Our dog is chasing after them."

"They're on their way," Zhou Hongzhong said, then asked, "Can your dog handle it?"

Shi Wen and said, "That's hard to say. Our Wolf King has a bit of a temper. If it doesn't see us, that's fine, but if it does, not even a sparrow will be allowed to land on our ranch. Theoretically, we should be able to handle it."

Zhou Hongzhong: "I've experienced that before."

Shi Wen Wenxiao said, "If it's a head-on confrontation, the dogs are definitely stronger, but it can fly, so sometimes the dogs can't catch up."

Zhou Hongzhong: "It's so difficult to deal with precisely because it can fly."

Shi Wen, "Come over here first. Besides that white-shouldered eagle, there are three more white-shouldered eagles and one steppe eagle. Take them away before they get corrupted."

Zhou Hongzhong arrived quickly with his men.

When they arrived at the scene and saw the five large eagles being chased around by the dogs, they were all stunned. "These white-shouldered eagles and steppe eagles are really mixed up together?"

Shi Wen, "Would I lie to you?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "Then let's find a way to capture them and bring them back?"

"Let's catch them," Shi Wen said wearily. "Otherwise, they'll ruin our Bress chickens sooner or later, and besides, we have so many pigeons too."

Zhou Hongzhong: "Your family raises a lot of poultry; if you don't take them away, the harm they cause will be too great."

Shi Wen, "I'm starting to wonder if they were here a few days ago."

Zhu Ji: "How do you say that?"

"They mostly hide in the mountains, and maybe fly out a little sometimes. My geese are too scared to lay eggs Shi Wen gestured. "Aren't there often reports about eagles appearing in certain places, scaring the chickens so much that they won't lay eggs?"

Zhu Ji laughed, "Are you still thinking about your geese laying eggs all over the pasture?"

Shi Wen, "They don't lay eggs everywhere easily; there must be a reason."

Zhou Hongzhong: "Yes, yes, it was all because of these white-shouldered eagles and steppe eagles. Are there fewer chickens or geese at your place?"

"No, not at all." Shi Wen opened the app again, looking at it uncertainly, before saying, "No. Maybe when I caught that white-shouldered eagle last time, it left a deep enough psychological scar on it that it doesn't dare to catch my Bress chickens or geese anymore."

Zhu Ji said, "It's also possible that because there are enough eggs for them to eat on the ranch, they feel safer eating any eggs they can find?"

Shi Wen, "I still think it just remembered the lesson it learned last time."

Regardless, they had to capture the flock of white-shouldered eagles first.

Zhou Hongzhong: "Let me see if I can shoot them down."

Shi Wen, "They fly so high and so fast, it would be difficult to shoot them with a tranquilizer gun."

Zhou Hongzhong: "That's true. The main problem is that if they fly too high, we're afraid that if we shoot them down, they'll fall to their deaths. Let's see if we can launch nets at them to keep them from flying too high."

Shi Wen, "That works too. Let's start. I'll have the dogs chase after them on the road."

It's difficult for people to run up and down the mountain, but it's much easier for dogs to run.

Zhou Hongzhong took out a gun with a net from the trunk of the car and gave one to Shi Wen.

When they launch, a specially designed net opens as they approach the target, trapping it.

This equipment is quite expensive; if Shi Wen hadn't needed it, Zhou Hongzhong might not have been willing to take it out.

They kept chasing after the flock of eagles.

They emitted sharp, hawk-like cries, the sound lingering over the pasture for a long time.

Fortunately, we didn't let the Bress chickens and geese out today, otherwise they would have been too scared to lay eggs.

Shi Wen their combat capabilities are extremely strong, and that modern human tools are also very useful.

Before long, apart from the particularly clever white-shouldered eagle, the remaining three white-shouldered eagles and one steppe eagle were captured.

They're rather clumsy; if chased even slightly, they start flying around wildly. After flying for a short while, they run out of energy and have to land, where they're caught tightly and wrapped in fertilizer bags, with only their heads and claws sticking out.

The four captured eagles had lost all their domineering presence as the rulers of the sky; instead, they looked rather pitiful.

Zhu Ji stepped forward and gestured, "These fingernails are longer than my palm."

Zhou Hongzhong wasn't particularly familiar with Zhu Ji's identity, and seeing him like this, he quickly stopped him. "Don't come any closer, or you'll peck your eyeballs out."