ANIMAL HELPERS USING DRONES TO SPOT WILDLIFE
Animal welfare agencies are turning to drone technology to gauge the extent of wildlife losses in the wake of the bushfires.
NSW rescue group WIRES partnered with The Ripper Alliance lead by The Ripper group and with Australian UAV yesterday morning to fly drones fitted with infra-red cameras into previously inaccessible areas around Batemans Bay and Mogo.
The Ripper Rescue Alliance drones started their operation around 3am – optimum time, group co-ordinator Ben Trollope said, “for the infra-red cameras to track the heat signature of the wildlife on the ground”.