A recent study puts the cost at $41 million, and this may be significantly understated. Meanwhile, farmers are concerned that provincial compensation will not go far enough.
by DON STONEMAN
Murray Gingrich put his newly purchased sheep flock onto a pasture north of Durham in Grey County in September. In the weeks to follow, he learned more than he cared to about predators.
It’s not as if Gingrich, who started farming north of Durham last year, went into the business with his eyes closed. Before he put nearly 600 mature ewes and spring born ewe lambs out, he fenced a 15-acre field with eight strands of high tensile wire, five of them electrified, including two strands at the bottom.