Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by Drew Bennett, Travis Brammer, Jerod Merkle, Kurt Smith, Shawn Regan, Temple Stoellinger, Arthur Middleton, Kristin Barker, Jacob Hochard, Patrick Lendrum, Erin Welty, Craig Benjamin, & Brian Yablonski
“Virtual fencing technology holds the potential to modernize and transform livestock management, with significant but still underexplored biodiversity conservation applications. The technology uses Global Positioning System-enabled collars on livestock and software-defined boundaries to provide a virtual alternative to traditional physical fencing, creating opportunities to remove or reduce physical fences.” (04/22/26)
https://www.perc.org/2026/04/22/advancing-conservation-through-virtual-livestock-fencing/