Thai elephants fitted with GPS to monitor their movements, behaviour

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Image Credit: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

 

Wildlife officials in Thailand have recently captured a third wild elephant in the Phu Luang wildlife sanctuary, in the north-eastern province of Loei, and fitted it with a GPS collar, to enable monitoring of its movements after it ventured out of its habitat to search for food.

 

Supagit Vinitpornsawan, director of the learning centre for wildlife conservation, of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today (Monday) that the department plans to fit the collars to five elephants in the sanctuary and, so far, have fitted three.

 

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He explained that elephants, which venture out of their habitat to forage for food, are more likely to destroy crops planted by villagers living on the edges of wildlife sanctuaries or national parks, resulting in conflict between humans and wild animals, which may lead to some villagers or the animals themselves being harmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-elephants-fitted-with-gps-to-monitor-their-movements-and-behaviour/

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Well it might help with the learning of where they travel to, but unless its looked at in real time data and then real time tracking, it will not stop those Elephants from raiding the farms and housing areas and stomping on folks.

[hotchilli]

Elephants I thought were "hefted" and would normally keep to their own area and not stray to find food.

Unless their area has been eroded or encroached upon, then understandably the elephants thinks what's grown in it's back garden belongs to them?

[digger70]

Isn't that Nice .We're next you'll see.

Then No more 90 day Reports .and then we can get 5-10 Visas  /year Extensions

Edited April 26, 2022 by digger70