21/06/2010 02:59 PM
Security fencing could have a key role to play for agricultural workers and farmers looking to protect their sheep, it has been suggested.
Ray Snaith, fencer and farmer in the Tallangatta Valley, has told the Weekly Times Now that in areas where wild dogs are a problem it is essential that an effective security fence is deployed.
He suggested that, on his farm, he lost approximately 30 sheep in a single attack by wild animals before he decided to set up a metal fence instead of the customised, four-wire electric fence he had put in place before.
Mr Snaith said: "Every strainer was replaced on the property - all fences are now steel and concrete."
The fact that animals getting lose often results in the farmer having to give chase is one of the other major plus-points to erecting a security fence, he added.
Another key use of fencing is being explored by India's Forest Department of Coimbatore, which is using high security fencing to keep pachyderms and wild boar from crossing its forest boundaries.
Ray Snaith, fencer and farmer in the Tallangatta Valley, has told the Weekly Times Now that in areas where wild dogs are a problem it is essential that an effective security fence is deployed.
He suggested that, on his farm, he lost approximately 30 sheep in a single attack by wild animals before he decided to set up a metal fence instead of the customised, four-wire electric fence he had put in place before.
Mr Snaith said: "Every strainer was replaced on the property - all fences are now steel and concrete."
The fact that animals getting lose often results in the farmer having to give chase is one of the other major plus-points to erecting a security fence, he added.
Another key use of fencing is being explored by India's Forest Department of Coimbatore, which is using high security fencing to keep pachyderms and wild boar from crossing its forest boundaries.
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