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Feb 14, 2020 · Following the success of the film Oddball, a rescue group has rehomed hundreds of maremmas. Meanwhile breeders are flogging them cheap to buyers unaware of the dogs' needs.
Sep 11, 2015 · The story of how Allan "Swampy" Marsh set his dog Oddball to work protecting the penguin colony of Middle Island, a few hundred metres off the windswept coast of western Victoria, is the stuff of legend.
Jun 17, 2014 · A white dog, Kai the Maremma, is set to be the new canine king of Aussie cinema. Kai was discovered at the RSPCA in January and groomed for movie stardom by Red Dog trainer Luke Hura.
Jun 2, 2021 · The Middle Island penguin colony was made famous by the 2015 movie Oddball. Eudy and her sister, Tula, were the first maremma guardian dogs specifically trained to protect the now world-famous little penguin colony on Middle Island, near Warrnambool.
Sep 21, 2015 · Maremmas, also known as Italian Sheepdogs, are known for the protective instincts, and have been used as guard dogs for many years. However, convincing the Warrnambool City Council to implement a dog-enforced penguin preservation was an uphill battle.
Meet Oddball, a Maremma sheepdog who protects penguins threatened by foxes. His cuddly presence has saved a group of blue penguins known as fairy penguins (the tiniest species of penguins known.) Oddball represents a solution to conservation that’s a little outside of the box, but it's been extraodinarily effective on Middle Island in Australia.
