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in switzerland we call that a bell. coupled with extremely sensitive sensors we call ears, farmers can find a lost cow far away in the mountain. bonus point: tourists love those so much you can buy smaller models at the airport.
> Virtual fences keep the cows in designated areas, While the idea of vibrating collars to steer cattle makes me uneasy (what comes next?), I am somewhat hopeful this can address the issue of barbed wire fences. Interestingly, the idea of remotely controlling cattle was discussed several years ago in an article outlining the the issues with fences: https://prairieecologist.com/2015/03/17/hubbard-fellowship-b...
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there is no way a vibrating collar will stop a cow in doing what they want to do. Cows are herd animal meaning they fight to establish rank. There is no way 2 cows close to a fence can be stopped from breaching the fence, no matter if it's barbed wire or if the fence carries 20K Volts. They will walk right through it - or better push each other right through it during a fight. Not even an electric shock would stop th…
I can confirm, numerous times I've seen cows grazing or even running with barbed wire and fence posts dragging behind them. When they've decided they want to do something, it's pretty hard to stop them.
If a cow automatically moves to the right area then they don’t have to be herded. This reduces time. Some cows will likely need encouragement but it sounds like this reduces not only time, but stress on the livestock.
Fences are still likely needed.
Something about this made me feel sad although I can't convey why. "Control your cow through our app".
in switzerland we call that a bell. coupled with extremely sensitive sensors we call ears, farmers can find a lost cow far away in the mountain. bonus point: tourists love those so much you can buy smaller models at the airport.
Though it may well also be that you have an extraordinarily freakish range of hearing.
Is this safe to use in SM plays
> Virtual fences keep the cows in designated areas, While the idea of vibrating collars to steer cattle makes me uneasy (what comes next?), I am somewhat hopeful this can address the issue of barbed wire fences. Interestingly, the idea of remotely controlling cattle was discussed several years ago in an article outlining the the issues with fences: https://prairieecologist.com/2015/03/17/hubbard-fellowship-b...
What's wrong with barbed wire fences?
In Massachusetts this is also used on humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Rotenberg_Educational_Ce...
"Employees are encouraged to file anonymous reports against each other, and are forbidden from making casual conversation."
And this is the icing on the cake:
"As of 2014, nearly 90% of the center's residents were from New York City, and about 90% of the residents were racial minorities."
Impressive.
Cows are just like any other people.
So for cow logistics rising global temperatures may come in handy! Of course, in the long run you may have to tinker a bit with the heat resistance of these organisms.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Effect-of-Evaporat...
Nah, just kidding...
Sweet dreams.