Pending clarification from the FSA – NRK Møre og Romsdal – Local … – NRK

– It’s very exciting. It’s very exciting animals, says Carol ÅLMO which is goat farmer.

She has been a pilot farmer in the project as Batnfjord company NoFence behind, where you are using GPS technology and a neck collar to keep goats within a limited area.

the technology works so that if the goats go outside the area they are in, it comes first sound, and afterwards they get a shock.

– I’ve had good experiences and goats have learned it very quickly, she said.

According to the farmer as it has only taken two to three shocks before the goats have guessed it.

– They learned esp. And if a goat gets shock so springer all backwards. I even got a power surge, and it is like taking on a regular power fence, says the farmer.

This will ÅLMO have permanent.

– This means that we can graze on areas where one can not put up fences.

According to Bond magazine wrote FSA in June this year a memorandum in which they wrote that NoFence currently not adequately tested and documented in relation to animal welfare law. Use of electric piano to goat is not allowed, it says.

For NRK informs the FSA that they have stopped the use of NoFence because there is not enough evidence out of concern for animal welfare.

Olbjørn Kvernberg is chairman of NoFence and hope the FSA will give the go-ahead so that they can initiate more production halsklavene.

Photo: Gunnar Sandvik / NRK

– the way it works now so is the FSA about to ban the use of such piano. It is strongly contrary to the desire of industry and pilot customers we have had who have taken this into use, says Chairman of NoFence, Olbjørn Kvernberg.

Before the weekend was the Minister of Agriculture and said that food safety authority should put facilitate experiments with new technologies in pasture context. NoFence has now submitted a new report with more documentation to the Institute. If they are positive about the project may open technology.

– The goat is the best landscape hygienist we have. She eats everything. Experience with grazing project seats this year and past shows that this is very effective to preserve the cultural landscape.

– We believe this is welfare good. We need innovation in agriculture and ensure that we can cook the pastures, he said.

FSA said that they expect the answer from Veterinary Authority will be available very soon, and that they then again will consider the use of NoFence again when there is satisfactory dokuemntasjon on the effects the system has on animal welfare.