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Elephant With Satellite Tracking Collar Spotted In Kruger Park.

3,267 views · Published 12 July 2015 · 0:38 · Indexed 2 October 2026

Channel: Africa Adventures · 2015 · Pets & Animals

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Tracking to study the spatial ecology of wildlife is an effective approach to develop novel solutions for maintaining and protecting wildlife populations and their environment. It is a tool that provides us with a baseline of information about their habitat needs, density and distribution, demography, ecology, behaviour and social organization. To date EWB has deployed state-of-the-art satellite tracking collars on more than 120 elephants in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and along the borders of Angola and Zimbabwe. Recently, EWB implemented the large herbivore program, deploying monitoring collars on migratory species, zebra, buffalo and wildebeest throughout the country; forest ranging species, sable and roan; and deployed collars for the first time ever on both giraffe and lechwe in Botswana. Political boundaries, rapidly expanding human settlements, veterinary fences, farming, poaching, and civil conflict have contributed to blocking migration and dispersal routes which are essential for wildlife to access natural resources. This project made the first attempt to record and map large-scale elephant movements across the international boundaries of five African countries, and continues to do so. It now integrates other large species into the equation providing a strong, effective visual catalyst for conservation and land use management. Satellite tracking is proving to be extremely valuable in the wildlife environment. The unit is based on a mobile global two-way communication platform utilizing two-way data satellite communication complete with GPS systems. Various Satellite systems are used depending on the size and type of collar required.

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