Protecting The Wildlife In Africa With 21st-Century Technology
Gun shots rang out around 6pm in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Knowing it came from poachers, the park rangers tried to follow the sound, but in an area about 19,485 square kilometers (7,523 sq. mi) and extends 360 kilometers (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometers (40 mi) from east to west, tracking was difficult. The Rangers thought they had located the sound, but after losing track, the rangers called on Air Shepherd to launch drones to try and spot the poachers.
Air Shepherd was created out of a partnership with UAV&Drone Solutions and the Lindbergh Foundation.
“Using our drone and night vision technology, we found them and gave the rangers the GPS locations and bearing where they were running,” said Otto Werdmuller Von Elgg, director of UAV&Drone
Solutions
The poachers were not caught, but did run away, which is at least one successful piece of saving the elephants and rhinos from extinction, which so far has been a losing battle.
However, continuing to fight the ongoing battle of saving the animals, Air Shepherd has partnered with African Parks in Malawi and the Zimbabwe government in Zimbabwe. South Africa, and the Minister of Transport, Ms. Dipuo Peters, adopted new rules for the…
