Rangers in Kenya Employ GPS to Save Elephants

The fight to save the endangered species and conserve wild lives hot up in Kenya just as the rangers caring for these animals are exploiting all the available technology to make sure that these species are saved from the locals whose farmland are also endangered by the activities of these animals that feed on most of their crops products.

This time it is the elephants' live the rangers are trying to save. These animals fight for space with the locals who farm on the land first to feed their family and sell the remaining for some cash in the local markets. In order to save the animals lives from intruding into the locals' farmlands, the agent in charge of these species have sought for a lasting solution and it appears they have finally gotten one.

The technology they employed is a SIM card attached into the collar and worn by the elephants. The SIM-equipped collars work like a GPS system, warning the rangers every time an animal heads for any of the crops. This way, people and elephants can make pace: villagers will no longer lose their crops, and elephants will not longer have to be shot.

This method is a highly commended one this is because it saves the animals from being shot in order to prevent them from destroying the crops that farmers highly depend on in Kenya.

The project is still in its pilot stage but stakeholders including Fauna & Flora International (FFI) conservation organization have pledged to flag all over the wild live park in the country.

FFI explained that this technology will not only help researchers track the elephants with greater precision, but it will also allow for their unwanted behavior, such as breaking the fences of the conservancy, to be prevented.