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GPS collars making shepherds' lives 'much easier'
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Josh said: "We got our first 70 collars about three years ago now, since then we've been getting more and more because it makes our job so much easier. Brothers Ben and Josh (right) Voak work for the conservation initiative The Grazing Project which has been using the GPS collars for three years GPS collars are changing the way animals grazing on Jersey's cliffsides are managed, local shepherds have said.
Ben Voak said four cows were being trained to use the GPS collars Ben said training cows to wear the collars had opened up the possibility of using sheep and cows together to rewild new parts of Jersey. Ben said The Grazing Project was "quite pioneering" in the sheer number of collars it uses.
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- Brothers Ben and Josh (right) Voak work for the conservation initiative The Grazing Project which has been using the GPS collars for three years GPS collars are changing the way animals grazing on Jersey's cliffsides…
- Josh said: "We got our first 70 collars about three years ago now, since then we've been getting more and more because it makes our job so much easier.
- Ben said The Grazing Project was "quite pioneering" in the sheer number of collars it uses.
- Ben Voak said four cows were being trained to use the GPS collars Ben said training cows to wear the collars had opened up the possibility of using sheep and cows together to rewild new parts of Jersey.
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