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Vampire kits in fashion + Is the 5,600 kilometer Dog Fence still in style? - C C - May 11, 2017
Does it even matter if these vintage vampire-killing kits are real?
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vampire-killing-kits
EXCERPT: [...] Dozens of the kits have found their way into museum collections. Visitors flock to see them. Nobody seems to mind that in the last few years, academics have pored through archives and conducted scientific tests indicating how many of the kits now floating around are late-20th-century novelties....
The Unexpected Consequences of Australia's 3,500 Mile Dog Fence
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/consequences-australia-dingo-fence-kangaroos
EXCERPT: Dingoes are the scourge of Australian sheep farmers, so authorities established the Dog Fence in 1946. 3,488 continuous miles of fence built or updated to prevent the wild dogs from entering the southeastern part of the country. Sheep aren’t the only beneficiaries. Kangaroos, the dingoes’ favorite meal, have flourished on the other side of the fence. A new study now suggests that the absence of these predators has also reshaped the entire ecosystem of the dingo-free region....