UAV Archives - Nikela: Helping People Saving Wildlife

True Story: Wildlife Rangers Tracking Rhino Poachers

Sep 25, 2015 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, conservation, Ebooks, endangered, Peter, rhino, rhino poaching, Wildlife Rangers Tagged: Air Ranger, Peter Milton, poachers, rhino, rhino poaching, UAV, wildlife ranger

A story from the ebook by Peter Milton, “Wildlife Ranger: A Journey of Courage and Conviction” about his life in the bush fighting poachers and saving rhino and elephants. From the eBook, “Wildlife Ranger:…” The static crackle of the radio woke me from a shallow sleep. “Sierra Charlie come in…” I heard them bantering back and forth as I unzipped the fly screen of my small bush swag, climbed out and put on my shirt and boots. Sleep had eluded me again, but I am sure nobody else on this operation had slept either. But now, looks like we were…

Nikela News: Rhino, T-shirts, Interns, Hunters and More

Jun 23, 2014 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, Ebooks, News, Nikela, Nikela Blog, Nikela Volunteer, Raptors, rhino, rhino poaching, Vervet monkeys, Volunteers, vultures Tagged: Air Ranger, Bearded Lady, Bradley, drones, Interns, Peter, Primates, raptors, rhino, Shannon, Silke, T-shirt Design Contest, UAV, vervet monkey, Volunteer Match, volunteers

With all the challenges the rhino poaching, trophy hunting and human-wildlife conflicts bring there is much good that is happening too. Drones We had a bit of a scare regarding the banning of drones (UAVs) recently. After a brief exchange with Peter Milton he assured us that the Air Rangers are meeting regulatory standards. It seems that Air Rangers (drones) are a poacher deterrent merely by their presence, so ‘losing’ them would be a bad blow to the war against wildlife trafficking. Rhino Sadly many rhino (over 400) have been lost this year. The good news is that Karen Trendler…

How You Can Help Stop Wildlife Poaching Even If You’re Not Rich or Royal

Apr 7, 2014 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Africa Wildlife Conservation Tour 2014, Animal Poaching, Canned hunting, conservation, elephant, endangered, Illegal trade, lion, Nikela Volunteer, Poaching, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged: "Save the Rhino" Party Kit for Kids, Air Ranger, Campaign Against Canned Hunting, Chris Mercer, drones, How you can help, Howard Buffet, Nikela volunteer, Peter Milton, POACHED!, Prince William, rich, Royal, SPOTS, UAV

Wildlife poaching in Africa may well have reached crisis levels once again. It’s marvelous to see the mega rich, like Howard Buffet, and influential royals, like Prince William, get involved in the fight to end organized wildlife poaching (some times referred to as wildlife trafficking.) But what about ordinary people like you and I do? What can we do? Is wildlife poaching the same as wildlife trafficking? Wildlife poaching has probably been around since the beginning of time. It’s when a wild animal or bird is illegally captured or killed. In Africa, hunting wild game for food is pretty much common practice…

A Look at One Anti-Poaching Strategy that is Working

Sep 11, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African elephant, Animal Poaching, conservation, endangered, Illegal trade, Nikela Blog, Poaching, rhino, rhino calf, rhino poaching, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: Air Ranger, anti-poaching, drone, Peter Milton, rhino, rhino calf, rhino poaching, strategy, UAV

Rhino, elephants and other endangered species threatened by wildlife crime and trafficking have a quiet hero, Peter Milton. “It’s a cry you’ll never forget!” Although Peter Milton, wildlife ranger and protection strategist, faces tragic rhino poaching scenes all to regularly, he tells us that coming upon an orphaned calf bellowing for its dead mother is heart breaking. Peter says it’s a sound you don’t forget and keeps you going during those dark days you wonder if you’re making a difference. Peter Milton and his team with SPOTS (Strategic Protection of Endangered Species) truly do make a difference. When we…

Protecting Endangered Wildlife Species with Drones Update

Apr 18, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, conservation, elephant, endangered, Poaching, rhino, rhino poaching, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: Air Ranger, Air Ranger UAV, drone, illegal trade, Peter Milton, protecting rhino, rhino poaching, ShadowView, Tom Snitch, UAV, wildlife trafficking

From Peter Milton to Tom Snitch on to ShadowView calling them conservation drones, UAVs or Air Rangers, they are all about protecting the last rhino. Only recently with the increase in military equipped poachers ravaging entire elephant herds and rhino crashes have the experts turned to drones. Protecting endangered wildlife species from the sky with UAVs (unmanned aircraft vehicles) has the potential not only to apprehend poachers in the act, but deter their very presence in game parks and reserves where drones operate. Drones can be effective at protecting wildlife from poachers. We might ask, so why aren’t there more UAVs…