discussion / Acoustics  / 27 January 2025

Vertual Fence

I have 240 hectares of old-growth forest in Far South East Coast NSW Australia.

I tried to build a feral fence but that got all too hard.

The site is on a peninsular so much easier to manage. 

I'm looking to build a virtual fence.

Seven endangered animals reside on the site, including 3 glossy black cockatoos, which are about 1% of the world's population. 

My problem is cats and foxes.

I will start with professional shooters and then try to keep them out.

One plan is to place mobile chicken coups with built-in traps. To prevent maintenance, the plan is to use animal recognition to set the traps so the possums and wombats go free.

Drones are also on the menu.

Can anyone help?

Doug.




Akiba
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Hi Doug. 
We are located in Melbourne and work with Bush Heritage in large reserve monitoring. Would love to chat and hear more about the issues you are having to see if we can help out with it. Let me know via private message and we can set up a meeting. 
Akiba