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Add-On Fence Product Helps Protect Livestock
When wolves reappeared in Europe and Germany several years ago, livestock owners needed to find ways to protect their animals. A German fencing company, AKO-Agrartechnik GmbH & Co, part of the Kerbl Group, developed and patented the AKO WolfStop.
“Sheep fences are mostly built with nettings here, so a solution
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Add-On Fence Product Helps Protect Livestock FENCING Miscellaneous When wolves reappeared in Europe and Germany several years ago livestock owners needed to find ways to protect their animals A German fencing company AKO-Agrartechnik GmbH & Co part of the Kerbl Group developed and patented the AKO WolfStop “Sheep fences are mostly built with nettings here so a solution to upgrade such existing nettings was necessary ” says Florian Platter Electric Fencing Product Manager for Kerbl “The WolfStop is the flexible and safe solution against wolves It can be used both as dig-under and jump-over protection as well as to increase the height of the net keeping wolves at bay ” Made of a strong thermoplastic with fiberglass reinforcement every 9 1/2 in WolfStop is rigid and durable enough to hold the electrified line in place away from the netting With an elongated opening it can be placed in three positions with an additional electrified wire Near the ground it prevents predators from digging under the fence Angled out near the top it stops animals from jumping over and straight up it adds height to the netting Mounted on every post the WolfStop folds up and locks in place when the netting is rolled up to move “Assembling needs to be done only once with the net This makes it easy to use and an efficient tool to make your netting safer ” Platter says While initially designed to deter wolves it also works on poultry runs placed close to the ground to keep foxes and raccoons away For wild hogs the company sells WildNet and with the WolfStop electrified line near the ground it can keep piglets at bay The cost for a set of 10 WolfStops is about €23 $25 U S “They’re not yet available in the U S /Canada but we’re already in contact with local dealers to get this solution into the market there as well ” Platter says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup AKO info@ako-agrar de; www ako-agrar com/en
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