Electrical Fences Fatal to Many Species
Poor installation of power lines and electrical fencing is becoming a problem around Africa. There are numerous national parks, reserves, and farms around South Africa. So, to keep predators and undesirable animals from intruding and to protect livestock, these areas are usually enclosed in electric fencing. Although the fences are intended to protect animals inside the areas, these fences are equally harmful to some of them, too. Today, Tatiana Regan talks about why and how electrical fencing is harmful to many animals. Many have not taken the issue seriously: electrical fences are deadly. These fences are becoming a threat to wildlife. Even the number of incidents is quite alarming. In 2008, about 21,000 reptiles were reported to have been killed due to electrocution after an encounter with these electrical fences. Another study showed that even leopards, African elephants, Cape buffalos, giraffes, and white rhinos have died for the same reasons. Primates have a...