00:00majestic powerful and deeply symbolic elephants are among Africa's most iconic animals yet in
00:17parts of Kenya their sheer size makes them both a wonder and a threat by day and night elephants
00:28cross farmland in search of food and water and for many rural families that journey often leaves a trail of destruction
00:36I am Mkulima from Heneo Hili. I am Mkulima from Heneo Hili. I am Mkulima from Nyenya, Maindi, Maharagwe,
00:54Itungu, Maharagwe, Itungu, and Maindi Pia. Today I am Mkulima from Nyenya. There are many animals that have been used in Heneo Hili.
01:09I am Mkulima from Ndofu. We are here in the Heneo Hili. We are here in the Heneo Hili. There was a drone and I got a drone.
01:19Here we have a square foot here with the Jared Haragwe. We are here in the Heneo Hili. We are here in the Heneo Hili.
01:26We are here in the Heneo Hili. How many dogs would be able to help us to see that?
01:33from broken fences to sample crops human elephant conflict has become one of the
01:43biggest challenges in conservation now technology is giving farmers and
01:53rangers new tools drones equipped with thermal cameras can support elephants at
02:03night and alert communities before damage occurs
02:09what the only thing you need to do is that you fly direct above the elephants and due to this
02:16it has some lights the flashlights and the sound the buzzing sounds and naturally elephants dislike
02:24this sounds disturbance so they have to turn back and leave the farm and it makes more easier because
02:31you can have it away from the farm it is more safe than any other method as far as you get any
02:39communication from the farmers that the elephants around their farms you just respond as early as
02:44possible because we have other elephants which are colored which gives us the real time so we keep on
02:50tracking them so it gives us the trail time and you have to deploy yourself as early as less than 10
02:56minutes you are there and you fly move them back to the conservancy
03:13with early warnings patrols can steer elephants away safely protecting both wildlife and livelihoods
03:20previously we were using torches vehicles and more so sometimes it goes ahead of blanks
03:29the firing of blanks and you need to be nearer to the elephant but for this one for the drone now you
03:36just have to be in a strategic play point whereby you just fly your drone and go as much as as far as
03:43four kilometers three kilometers away from the elephant so this one keeps you more more safe other than going
03:51towards the elephant
03:58in a landscape where people and elephants often collide technology is becoming the bridge ensuring kenya's
04:06it does giant survive while communities thrive
04:14you
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