Switzerland: how the technology has saved several thousand faes this year
To save the faes of agricultural machines, drones equipped with thermal cameras fly over the fields looking.More than 2,500 animals have been saved.
Each year, the mood season is a threat to the little faes.To protect them, the Faons Swiss Rescue Association, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, has equipped itself with a state -of -the -art drone to spot them and avoid them a certain death.
This year, this method made it possible to save 2569 small faes, twice as much as last year, according to a press release published by the association and relayed by the Swiss channel RTS.
To flee the predators, the little deer are hidden by their mother in the fields, where they remain motionless.Counting on their camouflage, effective against predators, they then become vulnerable to the blades of agricultural machines, because they do not move as you approach a danger.
Spotted by a thermal camera
The Drone used by rescue Faons Switzerland is equipped with a thermal camera.It flies up almost 30 every day.000 hectares of fields to locate the small faes.Once identified, the fawn is protected by a wooden box during the passage of the mower.If the use of this type of device is expensive, volunteers say it is much more efficient than a simple hunt.
Sur le même sujetThe association offers its services free of charge to 600 local farmers.A major issue for the latter, because in addition to causing the death of the deer, these accidents also have serious health consequences on livestock and harvests.Each year, in Switzerland, nearly 3.000 faons died under these conditions, according to RTS.
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