Using drones and sirens to elicit avoidance behaviour in white rhinoceros as an anti-poaching tactic.
(2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Using drones and sirens to elicit avoidance behaviour in white rhinoceros as an anti-poaching tactic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 20191135 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1135
Poaching fuelled by international trade in horn caused the deaths of over 1000 African rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum and Diceros bicornis) per year between 2013 and 2017. Deterrents, which act to establish avoidance behaviours in animals, have the... Read More about Using drones and sirens to elicit avoidance behaviour in white rhinoceros as an anti-poaching tactic..