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| When Elephants Weep |
This is a terrific crowdfunding project: using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) or drones, to prevent poachers from killing animals. In my mind, I think of drones, which at their worst destroy the privacy of individuals, could cause air incidents, or are part of a killing machine. This project makes good use of these drones, to hunt down poachers and prevent the killing of innocent animals, for trinkets.
I am reading a book, When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, and this initiative hits home. We know that elephants grieve.
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Throughout Africa, over 100,000 elephants were killed between 2010 and the end of 2012 – 40,000 in 2013 alone. They estimate that they will be extinct in 10 years.
You can view the 8:20 minute Air Shepherd PSA: https://youtu.be/QYfF0cWXTyM
Air Shepherd aims to raise $500,000 via their crowdfunding page to fully implement the program for one year at Kruger National Park with expansion planned over the next year to seven additional African countries.
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| Amazing UAVs! |
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3 comments:
That is a good idea!
Hari OM
Brill!!! Had seen something about this on a BBC nature show recently, as in the use of drones...don't recall any mention of Lindbergh Fdn... but then I was only half there and half in the kitchen, to be fair! Thanks for filling the gaps... YAM xx
This is a great idea, I have read about it before too. We need something like this to save the rhinos and elephants
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