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title: Cattle shepherded by GPS in flagship biodiversity scheme
description: A herd of distinctive Belted Galloway cattle is to be fitted with GPS as part of a flagship biodiversity scheme in southern Scotland.
image: https://www.nofence.no/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/BBC_news-Jan-26-2023-09-52-13-5092-AM.jpg
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A herd of distinctive Belted Galloway cattle is to be fitted with GPS as part of a flagship biodiversity scheme in southern Scotland. It will be used to track the cattle as they graze on the Threave Estate and explore how livestock management can be balanced with nature recovery.   
[Read the article from BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9zdmm4yjnmo).

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