On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Augusto Haro wrote:
The first goat attacked was alive at least when the eagle grasped its leg. However, I cannot tell if the eagle alone threw it to the precipice or if some human helped it beyond the edge on which both animals were strugling...
While they were struggling? That would have been a braver man or woman than me ;)
Not saying this behavior is normal; the human training may be responsible, as with wolf hunting... (although there are natural cases of eagles severely beating coyotes from the air, and suppose the same may have applied in the wild to wolves and other large mamals)