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St Mary’s STEM students with their bull trap prototype (Photo: SMCC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 11, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Year 9 and 10 STEM students at Saint Mary\u2019s Catholic College in Kingaroy\u00a0have been working on solutions for common problems faced by farmers.<\/p>\n

Their projects ranged from creating systems to count cattle to adding nutrients to a water supply and removing phosphorus from water.<\/p>\n

One group decided to take a different approach and tackled the growing problem of scrub bulls.<\/p>\n

Students Lachlan, David, Riley, Dustin and Sidney realised that current methods of catching wild bulls were both difficult and dangerous.<\/p>\n

Their aim was to create a solution that made the process easier and safer for those involved.<\/p>\n

Their idea was to create a \u201ccattle trap\u201d that was big enough for the bull to walk through without getting spooked as well as making it strong enough to hold them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They decided the best way to do this was to build a scaled prototype.<\/p>\n

This included a system which had gates that would open and close, based on the beast’s position in the gate system. A gate would then move along a railing to push the bull into the final yard.<\/p>\n

The students produced a functional prototype that showed the possibilities of using a trap to catch scrub bulls.<\/p>\n

They identified some improvements they could make to increases the success of the trap.<\/p>\n

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The scale model of the bull trap prototype built by STEM students (Photo: SMCC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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