A Hamilton man has taken Kiwi ingenuity to a whole new level after using his neighbour's 8000 volt electric fence to jump-start his heart. John Griffin suffers from atrial fibrillation [AF] - an irregular heartbeat which, if left untreated, could lead to a stroke. One of the treatments for the...

20mm or 40mm tapes have become synonymous with electric fencing for horses. The general perception maintains that horses are incapable of seeing the fences despite there being solid scientific analysis that horses will see better than humans, if you are able to see it - horses most certainly be able...

We have been receiving calls from customers that foxes have begun to simply jump over the 1m tall chicken netting. As there are many trials and reports of the netting being highly effective we were concerned but waiting for some sort of confirmation. This finally came to a head when...

The Turbomax Sheep Net. Some of the hassles that large scale sheep producers have encountered with sheep netting are primarily caused by two problems. The first is around the rigidity of the net. Netting is very easy to erect but can be a bit floppy and Plain twine detail showing soft twine between horizontals....

In a nutshell - NO.  It is currently illegal to apply an electrical current to a fence constructed with a barbed construction throughout Europe. EU regulation  IEC 60335-2-76, Annex BB. 2002. The principal reason being that the animal (including people) must be able to escape the electrical current IMMEDIATELY.  The law currently applies...