How drones are helping to save elephants

Conservationists in Kenya have conducted multiple field tests with drones, like the Parrot A.R. Drone, as a way to keep animals at a high risk of poaching away from areas used commonly for poaching. The ivory that these animals carry can be worth thousands, and the price has nearly doubled since 2007, making the ivory even more desirable. 

But park rangers are trying new strategies to hopefully save these animals. By placing tracking collars on the elephants, they can then be tracked online; and If the animal strays to close to a common poaching area a drone can be sent in that will frighten the animal away from the dangerous area. The use of these drones is doing a task that would take multiple rangers to do, possibly one day reducing the ranger costs.