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Nofence is a Norwegian company that makes GPS collars for farm animals (cattle, sheep, and goats) that discourage them from crossing virtual fences. [1] [2] Oscar Hovde Berntsen has been working on the idea of virtual fencing, as an alternative to fixed electric fencing, since the 1990s. [3] Nofence was incorporated in 2011. [3]
Most electric fences are used for agricultural fencing and other forms of non-human animal control, although they are also used to protect high-security areas such as military installations or prisons, where potentially-lethal voltages may be used. Virtual electric fences for livestock using GPS technology have also been developed.
Cattle grid on country road. Cattle grids are usually installed on roads where they cross a fenceline, often at a boundary between public and private lands. [5] They are an alternative to the erection of gates that would need to be opened and closed when a vehicle passes, and are common where roads cross open moorland, rangeland or common land maintained by grazing, but where segregation of ...
Fire officials revealed what ignited a mammoth wildfire that has blackened more than 140 square miles and destroyed at least 20 structures in California. Electric cattle fence blamed for massive ...
These virtual fences can be used to track the physical location of the device active in the particular region or the fence area. The location of the person using the device is taken as geocoding data and can be used further for advertising purposes. It is possible to monitor several geofences at once (multiple active geofences).
Under California law, people cannot kill wolves under any circumstances, so the range rider would need to use “non-lethal wildlife mitigation” to keep the wolves away from the cattle ...
(DHS had since 2007 begun "to shift its focus to erecting a 'virtual fence' along the 2,000-mile border, using sensors, cameras and other high-tech equipment to prevent illegal crossings".) DeMint's legislation was defeated in a 52–45 Senate vote in 2010. [5] By May 2011, DHS reported completing 649 miles of fencing (99.5% of the 652 miles ...
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