The new collars are considered significant in Kenya’s conservation efforts since they pinpoint the elephant’s location with greater accuracy and speed.
Cape Town – Kenya Wildlife Service collared elephants on Tuesday to allow rangers to respond in real-time to any threats.
A team of KWS scientists and rangers carried out the operation in Shimba Hills National Reserve, where they were accompanied by the cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala and KWS director general, Brigadier John Waweru, as well as the CEO of Kenya’s Wildlife Training and Research Institute, Dr Patrick Omondi.
The new collars are considered significant in Kenya’s conservation efforts since they pinpoint the elephant’s location with greater accuracy and speed, according to KWS. “This means rangers now have the ability to respond instantly to real-time threats affecting the elephants or predict future potential issues,” KWS said.
The collars also allow KWS to prevent human-wildlife conflict. If a herd of elephants is moving towards a human settlement, the national wildlife body will be able to intercept the animals before this occurs.
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