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Going hi-tech in the jungles

“Elephants and leopards carry rice grain-sized chips inside their body much like bar-coded items. Metal detectors, sensors, GIS, etc are some of the emerging technology being deployed in wildlife research, explains Sanjay Gubbi.” - Deccan Herald

September 10, 2007   No Comments

Metal detectors spring poachers

“It could also significantly reduce the unnecessary death of elephants in Africa, snow leopards in Russia, giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, and jaguars and peccaries in Costa Rica.” - News in Science

May 19, 2007   No Comments