13 Nov 2019

Are sheep harming our waterways?

From Afternoons, 1:31 pm on 13 November 2019

Are sheep harming our waterways? That's the question Dr Rene Corner-Thomas from Massey University is trying to answer. She attached GPS tracking devices to 40 ewes at a research farm near Palmerston North to try and see what damage, if any, sheep cause to waterways.

Dr Rene Corner-Thomas and PhD student Aloyce Bunyaga xing one of the cameras used in the trial.

Dr Rene Corner-Thomas and PhD student Aloyce Bunyaga xing one of the cameras used in the trial. Photo: Supplied / Massey University

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