Cyclops Electric Fence Chargers and Energizers

I am thinking about electric fence

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I noticed while driving through the country side in west virgina and kentucky that most of the cattle are held in by woven wire fences. I know the cost of so much more with this type of fence that electric fence. Then I noticed that I was on the highway and the state is the one that installs all the fences along the major roads... Duh!  your tax dollars pay for it. But it does work very well for along highways... Electric fence is better for paddocks and pastures closer to the farm. The cyclops brand of electric fence charger...

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Electric fencing information found at workshop

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It was a busy morning at the Sooke Region Museum on Friday Sept 19. Debbie Read, the community coordinator for WildSafeBC, hosted an Electric Fence Workshop outside the museum. Frank Ritcey, the Provincial Coordinator for WildSafe BC, educated the class of 30 how to build a complete Electric Fencing system. People attended from all over the CRD region, wanting to learn how to prevent conflict with wild animals such as bears, cougars and deer. Many in attendance have experienced problems with wildlife and wanted to learn how to minimize human-wildlife conflict. They all commented, “we learned a lot here today!”...

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Electric fence program helps avoid Yellowstone area bear conflicts

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Electric fence program helps avoid Yellowstone area bear conflicts | Yellowstone Gate CODY, WYO. — As the long, hot days of summer give way to cooler fall weather, bears across the greater Yellowstone area begin to binge on every available food source in preparation for winter hibernation. That typically brings increased conflicts with people, as bears become single-minded in their pursuit of calories, pushing into more populated areas and spending more of their time searching for a meal. Which is one reason why P.J. Schneider, 15, was busy last month installing an electric fence around a pen and small shed...

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Electric Fence and Honey Bees

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A bear’s fondness for honey is legendary. The stuff even sits in little plastic, bear-shaped dispensers on grocer’s shelves. It the perfect bear food, too - protein is available as bees and honey produces carbohydrates. It’s a source of food that’s particularly desirable in the spring when hungry bears leave their winter dens. With more than 45,000 bee colonies in Colorado, apiaries are big business. As every bee keeper knows, where there’s honey, bears aren’t far behind. In one night, a hungry bear can do at least $3,000 of damage. During peak feeding season in late summer, bears are “eating...

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Principles of electric fencing

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Traditionally, usage of land has been demarcated by fences - often in combination with geographical features such as rivers and impassable rocky outcrops, or other prominent land marks such as drystone walls and tree lines. Fences are also associated with land use and livestock management - either precluding access by livestock to cultivated crops or improving utilization of veld and pastures. Until relatively recently all farm fences were of barbed wire, supported by iron standards and droppers, between substantial straining posts. Fences of this kind are both a physical and psychological barrier to livestock and intruders. A major drawback of...

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