My neighbour put up some electric fencing some years back, plugged it into the mains, and killed a few stray/roaming buffalo, before he agreed to disconnect it.
The problem is some idiots think electric fencing means 220 V AC.
available in various input voltages.The problem is some idiots think electric fencing means 220 V AC. Cattle fencing is pulsed High tension between 2000V and 10,000V it is suppose to hurt not kill. If it killed a Buffalo imagine what it could do to a small child or you.
........from my old farming days the cows certainly avoided it when raining.
yes you're correct, they do, but if it's already raining when they are turned out onto a fresh strip of grass they are not so keen to get near it, I always used to move the fence without switching off as the shock was bearable when wearing wellington boots but some of the cows were very friendly & I thought I would touch a cow & then the fence, I felt nothing but the poor cow left the ground, I assumed because she was not wearing wellingtons so I touched the ground with one hand whilst holding the fence with the other, I left the ground also. So don't touch it whilst stood barefoot in a rice paddy....I'm not a farmer and never have been but don't cows usually lay down just before it starts to rain? Or is that an old wife's tale?
yes you're correct, they do, but if it's already raining when they are turned out onto a fresh strip of grass they are not so keen to get near it, I always used to move the fence without switching off as the shock was bearable when wearing wellington boots but some of the cows were very friendly & I thought I would touch a cow & then the fence, I felt nothing but the poor cow left the ground, I assumed because she was not wearing wellingtons so I touched the ground with one hand whilst holding the fence with the other, I left the ground also. So don't touch it whilst stood barefoot in a rice paddy....
Is barbed wire now considered inhumane ?
It's not the preferred fencing for horse lovers but I think that's just to prevent potential scaring of the horse, not inhumane in UK so would not expect it to be inhumane here.Is barbed wire now considered inhumane ?
just answering the inhumane question.In the OP Mahdam states it's for cattle.
Is barbed wire now considered inhumane ?