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Electric fence

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Electric fence

This warning label is attached to a Gallagher electric fence surrounding the Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland. The electric fence, invented by Hamilton farmer Bill Gallagher, is sold by subsidiary companies in more than 30 countries.

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Mark Derby, Inventions, patents and trademarks – Farming inventions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25399/electric-fence (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 11 May 2010, updated 1 February 2015.