I had a phone call from a very frustrated owner. She had only recently purchased a mare and it was perfect for her - the only problem it could not be fenced in. It would demolish a post and rail or standard wire fence and simply walk through her electric fencing. The...

Electric fencing is moving into the Ground Positioning Systems age with trials being carried out linking a GPS receptor and an electric shock collar similar to those currently used by dog owners and an under ground cable. The current principle is that the collar responds to an electronic field in the underground...

Grazers are so sick of wild dog attacks on their sheep they are turning to electric fencing to keep the predator out. Duncan Ferguson from Barkingdine Downs is trialing a 1.5 kilometre Electric fence to keep feral dogs out of his breeding paddocks. Wolves have been accused of feeding on sheep...

The European union is shortly passing legislation that energisers may not exceed 5 Joule output rating. This has been done on safety grounds and that the larger units simply are not required within the EU. A 5 Joule energiser can power up to about  130klm of wire and very few...

A fox’s response to a fence is influenced by various factors including the fox’s experience and motivation for crossing the fence, fences cut through a fox’s regular run and if  they know a short cut to where they want to go they will take it. An obvious motivation is a...