PHOTO: Dr Caroline Lee and Project Officer Jim Lea attaching a collar as part of the virtual fencing project at McMaster Laboratory near Armidale NSW. Photo Credit: David McClenaghan CSIO, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Farmers’ groups have been pushing to legalise virtual fencing claiming all round benefits for animals, farmers, and the environment.
On 5 July they made their views known at a public hearing of the NSW Parliamentary Committee examining a Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bill which would permit the use of virtual fencing.
“Across Australia and even the world, farmers are reaping the rewards of virtual fencing – so it’s time for NSW to come up to speed,” said NSW Farmers Animal Welfare Committee chair Robert McIntosh…