AG Your say
Does Australia need the dog fence?
DR JUSTINE PHILIP is entitled to her opinion (The Dog Fence, AG 168). However, if such an opinion has repercussions that could affect thousands of lives and rural enterprises, careful consideration must be given to the facts, rather than a presentation that may suit the whim of a few. I offer my views based on many years as an employee on the Dog Fence in South Australia.
From day one of sheep farming, stock losses to wild dogs have been a serious problem. Many early landholders built vermin-control fences to keep wild dogs out of their flocks. By the late 1800s there were approximately 54,000km of such fences in SA.
