In Kenya, innovative technology is being used to help track elephants by cell phone, which due to the intersecting living spaces of humans and animals, helps to minimize conflict between locals and these amazing, yet potentially dangerous animals.
Save the Elephants, a non-profit conservation organization, has pioneered an application of GPS tracking to create geo-fencing. When an elephant comes near a human settlement, either in transit or to feed on crops, the system automatically sends alarm signals to residents’ mobile phones. The early warning allows authorities to find the elephant and safely re-direct its path, preventing any unfortunate encounters..
The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund provided support to Save the Elephants to help fund this project.
