---
title: "Wi-fi Connected Sheep and Badgers to Help Connect Rural Wales"
description: "A pioneering project to turn farmers' fields into digital smart zones with the help of livestock has been launched in North Wales."
date: "2015-02-12"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Matthew Lincoln"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/justmatt"
url: "https://futurism.com/wi-fi-connected-sheep-and-badgers-to-help-connect-rural-wales"
categories:
  - "Computing"
  - "Internet Of Things"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "internet of things"
---

# Wi-fi Connected Sheep and Badgers to Help Connect Rural Wales

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- The plan is to connect the internet to everything from sheep to riverbanks so that the countryside can also benefit from the digital revolution that cities enjoy.
- Under the proposals, digital collars could track animals, soil sensors warn of erosion, riverbank devices give flooding alerts and even badger tags provide an early warning system for bovine TB.
- Sheep will be gradually equipped with electronic collars to monitor their movements and understand their habits. These, in theory, could also be used to create as many wi-fi access points as the animals wearing them.