Electric fencing reduces coyote predation on pastured sheep in North Dakota, Kansas.

摘要: Field tests to evaluate electric fencing for protecting pastured sheep from coyote predation were conducted in North Dakota and Kansas 1977 1978. In 1979, 37 western producers using fences exclude coyotes interviewed relevant data recorded analyzed. An all-electric 12-wire, 168-cm-high fence with alternately charged grounded wires spaced 13 15 cm apart stopped ongoing on the two test sites. Four or five strands of electrified wire, offset existing woven barbed wire fences, effectively prevented further at Sheep expressed a high moderate degree satisfaction use as management technique. However, practices two-thirds ranches remained unchanged after installation nearly all continued other control methods. Sixty percent stated that they experienced some type maintenance problems but many these may have been due poor construction techniques failure check their periodically. ost-benefitfactorsassociated fencing, study limitations, research needs are discussed. Woven "net" used years perimeter barriers drift (Canis latrans)