Living alone in remote Winterhope, Wattie Rutherford’s only companions were his 18 hens.
That was until they were targeted by a predatory mink – who over the course of just two weeks has systematically slaughtered the entire brood.
The loss of the birds has left Wattie devastated. But now the 84-year-old widower has declared war on the killer carnivore.
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