Highland cattle used for park conservation
Published Date:
07 October 2008
By Fiona Evans
Highland cattle could be key to managing part of Yorkshire Sculpture Park's 18th century landscape.
From today, five cattle will be drafted in to tackle areas of scrub land and to restore it to woodland pasture at the park and art gallery near Wakefield.
Alan MacKenzie, estate manager at the Bretton park said: "Conservation grazing projects keep the land healthy and attractive, encourage a balanced habitat and provide the herd with a stimulating natural environment – they benefit everyone involved."
Highland cattle are ideal for conservation grazing – a system in which animals are grazed on land specifically to control invasive scrub and weeds.
With their powerful horns, the hardy breed clear their way through the thickest of scrub and undergrowth. Through trampling down bracken and brambles, their presence encourages grass regrowth.
In spring they eat the shoots of weeds that the gallery and museum's management would otherwise have to control.
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Last Updated:
07 October 2008 10:10 AM
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