Thursday, March 6, 2014
Drones in Africa
After reading Logan's post on drones, I...Drones in Africa have been improving the death of tons of animals. In Kenya almost 50 rhinos were killed in only the year of 2013. If we don't do anything about the killing of rhinos, lions, or many other species of animals they can very easily become extinct. Drones help the people find the poachers, but even when the poachers find a rhino we can only prevent the next animals that they are going to kill. In Tanzania an estimated 10,000-25,000 elephants were killed from poachers.Poaching is a huge problem even for all of Africa, and I think that we should find a better way to get the poachers because we can only find them after they attack and kill a animal or animals. The idea of helicopters to find poachers at night was a better idea, I think, because it gives the poachers a smaller chance of getting away. Because of this, poaching will hopefully be reduced dramatically. What would you do to prevent poaching?
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I think that these drones are the perfect solution for poacher prevention. From an article I read, the animals seem to be reacting well to the drones. Aside from constant monitoring, the drones also keep track of the animals, providing a cheap, quick, and reliable census. The drones are also equipped with thermal cameras, so even in the middle of the night they can locate poachers. The drones send constant pictures back to rangers, so when poachers are in the park the rangers will know.
ReplyDeleteI think that drones are a very good idea also. I don't really see another solution to the problem. You can't have a person everywhere every time of the day. I also learned that although it is sad that most that are poached die, some still live. Tourists spotted a rhino in Kruger National Park with it's horned hacked off walking around and seemed to be pain, as you might imagine. The point is any poaching is terrible and it needs to stop. I think if there are more drones deployed with higher quality images and thermal images that we could save this majestic creature form distinction. Do you think that there is any other solution to this problem?
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