I
believe the fence at Tiger
Canyons is one of the keys
to tiger conservation. If
Asian countries are serious
about tiger conservation,
they will have to separate
people and domestic stock
from tigers. In Africa we
have done this very
successfully in National and
Private Parks.
Tigers
are good jumpers, better
than lions, so our fence is
3.6 metres high, with an
overhang at a 45 degree
angle. No less than 8
electrical wires are
attached to the main fence,
ranging from 10 cm from
ground level to 3 metres in
height. The entire fence can
be run by solar panel
energizers or it can be run
from main electric supply if
available.
I
suggest you contact Neil
Maclaughlin of Maclin
Fencing (maclin@mweb.co.za).
He is the world expert and
designed the Tiger Canyons
fence. The leaders in
electric fence technology
are a New Zealand Company
called Gallagher.
In
front of the main fence is a
1.2 metre trip wire. This
wire takes 85% of all the
contacts. It also keeps the
tigers off the main fence.
Be careful to keep all
electric wires high enough
off the ground to allow for
tortoises, mongooses etc. to
move underneath the wire
without harm.
What
is needed, is an
enterprising person (what
about you) to take the
electric fence technology to
Asia and helps Asian
Conservationists to fence
their parks with this
prototype. In this way you
would greatly assist the
last tiger populations
battling to survive against
the tide of rising humanity.
