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Out west in the back lots of Lightning ridge, it's not uncommon to see a roo which has not quite cleared the fence, and got its leg(s) caught in, and twisted up in the top 2 lines of barbed wire.
Some of the buggers had their faces chewed off by foxes and pigs etc. I think of I were that roo, I'd prefer to lose a nut or two [bigwhistle]
Have seen a few emus around the ‘Ridge with their legs wrapped around the top wire over the years..Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger
But no more than two?Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger
Don't have to go that far out. Checking my boundaries a few days ago I noted two locations with a kangaroo hind leg with a bit of dried meat still adhering held by the top two wires and hanging down. A scattering of bones was nearby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger
See roos hanging in fences all the time, at least 1 per week. The lucky ones are still alive and get a quick death, its the ones that get stuck for a week or 2 before they die of starvation or killed by foxes that you really feel for.
The little ones get stuck in the ringlock trying to squeeze through....
Hi,
Only seen it once, in the Flinders Ranges.
It must have been an awful death judging by the scrape marks on the ground.
Perhaps our smaller wallabies don't jump fences, we see plenty of tracks pushing under fence wire though.
Cheers
Why not remove the barbed wire and just use other strands, so the animals don't get trapped?
When an animal gets trapped (as opposed to castrated!) it's nothing to do with the barbs, they get a leg between two strands as they go over, and twist two strands with their leg between. I've seen it happen with lambs pushing through lower down in the fence.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
