Swapping mules for horses safer and cheaper for feedlot rider, and the social media attention is a bonus

When you see a farmer moving livestock, they're normally on a horse, motorbike, or in a chopper.

But a Queensland feedlot worker has turned her back on those methods. She says she's found something safer — a mule.

Kelly Dudley has worked in feedlots since leaving high school 13 years ago.

She spends a lot of time checking and feeding cattle, which means she opens and closes a lot of gates.

Mules replacing horses

Like many pen riders, Ms Dudley used to do these jobs on horseback, but a trip overseas changed everything.

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