Why tracking elephants using GPS satellite telemetry?
This part of the project is among the major components of our initiatives in the national elephant conservation and management in Ethiopia. Satellite tracking of elephants in Babille ES has many advantages, including for management intervention: 1.To promote wildlife tourism Efforts have been made to initiate wildlife-based ecotourism particularly on elephants since the inception of this project. In Ethiopia, most people wish to see elephants but making this possible was very difficult because of the lack of information on the location of elephants. Now, it has come to the reality that Babille has become the only conservation area in Ethiopia where “Elephant Tourism” can be initiated. Such satellite-based tracking of elephants will be starting in December 2008. Bull groups under fig trees 2. To understand the movement/ranging patterns of elephants The data will help the management authorities in reconsidering the existing land-use system in the surrounding area. Movement data for all b
