Ground-Breaking Pangolin-Friendly Fencing Project A Game Changer!
Pangolin.Africa, the Tikki Hywood Foundation and the Kalahari Wildlife Project, in collaboration with Stafix electric fence and security company, are currently working on a ground-breaking new project in an effort to drastically reduce the accidental electrocution of pangolins on electrified fences.
These electrical installations – prevalent on game reserves, private game farms, nature reserves and commercial livestock farms across southern Africa – are one of the biggest threats facing the Temminck’s Pangolin. Studies have found that as many as 1,000 of these pangolins are killed on electrified fences every year in South Africa alone, probably overshadowing the illegal wildlife trade as a threat to pangolins in the region.
This project aims to assess the effectiveness of new technology to significantly reduce – if not entirely prevent – vertebrate mortalities related to electrified fencing while still maintaining the integrity and primary function of the electrified fences.
Source: goodthingsguy.com
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