Electric fences are often the preferred choice for cattle ranchers looking to protect their livestock. The method of containment involves delivering a gentle electric shock to dissuade animals ...

Electric fencing started to appear in the newspapers in the 1930s. Along with safety, animal welfare, barbed wire, and ...

Fences are an effective stationary method of corralling livestock, but their sharp borders can create sudden changes in ...

Fences are an effective stationary method of corralling livestock, but their sharp borders can create sudden changes in native grassland vegetation and the pollinators and birds that live there.

GPS collars let ranchers set virtual fence boundaries for grazing, which new research suggests will help improve grasslands' vegetative ecosystem ...

they receive an electrical stimulus similar to one from an electric fence. Previous work on virtual cattle fences focused on their efficacy for containing livestock, such as excluding the animals ...