More than 90,000 cows, sheep and goats are grazing on land without the need for physical fences to contain them. Instead, they’re wearing GPS-collars that make noise and deliver mild electric shocks when they near a virtual boundary drawn by a rancher.
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Kind of surprised they hadn't been doing this for a while now. We have been using this technology to keep our dogs in the front yard for decades now. Makes sense that you can use it for other animals as well.
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As a Farmer, I don't like this
The simple fact is that for the animal to find the boundary they are getting shocked. This stresses the animal and is inhumane
With an electric fence they can see the fence and avoid it. Here the animal gets zapped and has no idea why
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I GPS my leader goat in my herd. But she doesn't get a shock or anything. I just get a notice they left my virtual fence. It's a great stress reliever, knowing that I know where they are.
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when they are calm, this will work. Riled and scared, not likely very much. I know, having grown up with raising livestock. So a simple thing like a thunder storm, or a pack of wolves or wild dogs, would present a problem for sure....
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Sounds nice, it works until it doesn't. Missing: the part about needing to train the cows what the noise means and what they should do when they hear it. And there's the chore of replacing all these batteries.
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