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: David McClenaghan CSIRO
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 . . .
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